debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
editor (in publishing, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
now; the present time; just now; another; more
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
of course; certainly; naturally
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
really; truly; indeed; good grief
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
author; writer; novelist; artist
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding