(giving) instruction; initiation
main question; real issue at hand
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
censorship; inspection; examination
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
good humour (humor); good mood
outside the country; abroad
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
exhibition; display; putting on show
mineral matter; metallic property
while moving; on the move
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
principal occupation; core business
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
leadership skill; leadership ability
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
isn't it; right?; you know?
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
thick makeup; heavy makeup
clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to press a question; to cross-examine
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards