All That You Can't Leave Behind
Kaitai Shinsho (A New Book on Anatomy; Edo period translation of a Dutch version of a German text)
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
starvation; famine; hunger
Alison; Allison; Allyson; Alyson
relief activity; relief work
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
debt relief; debt forgiveness; debt cancellation; waiver of obligation
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
mirror ball; disco ball; glitter ball
literary world; literary circles
story; tale; talk; discussion
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
Solomon; Solomon (10th century BCE; King of Israel)
roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)