greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
although I say; although one might say; although called
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
writing implement; writing tool
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
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
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
go that far; to that extent
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se