origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
real thing; original; actual
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
process; course; mechanism
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
reaching; attaining; arrival
one's long-cherished desire
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
using together (jointly); used at the same time
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
quality (of a product or a service)
retention; maintenance; preservation
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous