Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
water's edge; beach; shore
society; the world; the times
impossible; unlikely; improbable
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
genuine; authentic; true; real
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
possible; likely; probable
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
one thin flat object; one sheet
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to look forward to something
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
almost; roughly; approximately
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
study group; study meeting
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
being filled with; being full of; permeation
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
review (of learned material); revision
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)