library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
(period of) a year; during an era
national holiday; public holiday
almost every day; almost daily
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
preservation; retainment; keeping
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
field overseer; site foreman
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)
about when; about what time; how soon
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to be powered on; to be turned on
(battery) charger; AC adapter
boxing; packing into a box; something packed into a box
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol
bragging of one's misfortune
to go downhill; to go down a slope
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
god of death; death deity; Death