to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
memories; recollections; reminiscence
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
mental; spiritual; emotional
very young; little; childish; immature
consequence; outcome; result; blame
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
distortion; falsification; perversion
it is not (like that) either
front; frontage; facade; main
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to polish up; to shine up
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty