to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
still; even now; to this day
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
unspecified; random; indefinite
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
being upright and cleanhanded
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
a certain somebody; you-know-who
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
articles; supplies; parts
planning; project; plan; design
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age