to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
index; index number; indicator; exponent
looking into distance; watchtower; distant view
dazzlement; bewilderment; daze
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
innovation; new departure; milestone; breakthrough
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
wall newspaper; wall poster
at a stroke; with a single swoop
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
sprinkling (water); watering (plants)
distinction; discrimination
(putting on the) airs of an official
statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation
boastful; bragging; conceited
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
point in question (at issue)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)