department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
putting into operation; invocation
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
fresco; mural; wall painting
the ancients; ancient people
old poem (esp. waka); old song
everywhere; all over; throughout
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
system; organization; organisation; architecture
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
must-read; required reading
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
technical book; specialized book; treatise
easy to read; legible; clear
preface; foreword; preamble
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
from the beginning; from scratch
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
hard (life); tough (world)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers