pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
family structure; family composition; family makeup
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
standard; set; routine; decided
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
bright person; talented student; prodigy
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
oracle; revelation; divine message
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back; to rely on; to depend on
every single word and phrase; word by word
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
these guys; these fellows
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
point in common; common feature
to compete with; to vie for
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
being startled; getting a shock
sincere; earnest; serious
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death