to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to drop into, drop-by-drop
one by one; in detail; minutely
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
depending on; dependent on
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
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)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
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
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
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)
to set a ladder up against
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through