beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
basket; basketball; basket cloth
assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
resignation; acceptance; consolation
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
beginning; clue; starting point
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
every place; various places
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
is something that; is that which
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
to be thrilled; to be excited
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to finish reading; to read through
depiction; description; portrayal
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
archeologist; archaeologist