textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
from here; from this place
at that time; in those days
plainly; clearly; vividly
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
how long; how far; how much
frequency (of occurrence)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
convenient; handy; useful
subconsciousness; subconscious (awareness)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
present-day science; modern science
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize