one by one; in detail; minutely
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
depending on; dependent on
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
pale; pallid; bluish-white
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
health; healthy; sound; fit
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
classified document; confidential document
summertime; summer season
to waste time; to kill time
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
Ministry of Rites (Tang-dynasty China)
government service; official position; civil service
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to rule; to govern; to administer
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
book; volume; this; present; main; head
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
account book; register; ledger
to make a list; to enumerate
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
village headman; village mayor
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage