substantial matter; significant item
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
preface; introduction; preamble
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
something like ...; something called ...
trivial; not amounting to much
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
nod; inclination of the head
reset; fresh start; new beginning
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
literature; books (reference); document
to need; to demand; to take; to require
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
tool; implement; means; furniture
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
moaning; muttering; complaining
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to rock; to shake; to swing
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
with a swoosh; at one fell swoop
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
interruption; interference; butting in
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
one grade; first-class; primary