technical book; specialized book; treatise
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
department (faculty) of literature
collection of books; (personal) library
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
the teaching profession; education of laity
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
dream for the future; hopes for the future
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
one's family; family member
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
good-for-nothing; worthless
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to concern; to be related
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?