quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
preface; introduction; preamble
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
finding employment; getting a job
to kick out; to cut back (on spending)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
article; news story; report; account
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
to squash; to crush; to flatten
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
Buddhist (household) altar
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
since then; from that time; ever since
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
and; thereupon; because of that
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but