expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
supplementary explanation
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
now that you say that; now that you mention it
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
rest; break; recess; intermission
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
having said that; on the other hand
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
it is not (like that) either
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
ability; performance; efficiency
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
cooperation; collaboration
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
actual profit; practical use; benefit
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
reopening; resumption; restarting
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office