equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
point in common; common feature
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
author; writer; novelist; artist
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
counter for books; volume
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
way; method; means; effect; result; worth
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
extravehicular activity; spacewalk; EVA
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on