expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
correction; revision; amendment
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
good humour (humor); good mood
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
national border; provincial border
chilly; unpleasantly cold
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
leader (of an alliance); leading power
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to recall; to remember; to recollect
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)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
system; institution; organization; organisation