volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
few decades; many decades; several decades
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
author; writer; novelist; artist
at a young age; while still young
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled
genius; prodigy; (person of) great talent; remarkable person
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
concluding episode of a series; concluding volume (part) (e.g. of novel)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
spectacle; striking display; spectacular (scene, film, etc.); extravaganza; big-budget production
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to like; to love; to be fond of
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit