best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
waterfall; cataract; cascade
bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.
to indicate; to show; to point to
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
difficult to ...; hard to ...
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
hearsay; learning by hearsay
singing voice; (sound of) singing
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
to take (be in) charge of
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)