start; commencement; beginning; initiation
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
review (of learned material); revision
with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)