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
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
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 be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
(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 write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
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; second-year kindergarten student
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
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)