celebrity; personality; prominent figure
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
pragmatism; functionalism; practicality; being intended for practical purposes
materials; data; document
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
power of expression; expressiveness; expressive power
sad; wretched; deplorable
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
guess; conjecture; surmise
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
separate case; another matter
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
arrangements; preparations
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
law and order; discipline
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade