Led Zeppelin (British rock band)
beet; beat; kick (in swimming); kicking
faculty of letters; college of letters; school of humanities
the West; the Occident; Western countries
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
light music; popular music
broadcast writer (TV and radio)
shipping company; freight company; transport company
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
recruitment advertisement
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
author; writer; novelist; artist
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
cosmetics; beauty products; toiletries; makeup
commercial (on radio, TV, etc.); advertisement; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
World Trade Center; WTC; twin towers
to have a smattering knowledge of
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
(disreputable) recruiter of day laborers (labourers)
old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic
fourth year (college) student; senior
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties