zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
few decades; many decades; several decades
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
excavation (usu. archeological); dig
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
example; specimen; sample
a help; an aid; some assistance
scripture; passage from scripture
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to hold something reverently with both hands
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
you (plural); all of you; you all
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
cheap article; poor quality article
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
development of potential ability; capacity development
to join together; to combine; to join up
event; phenomenon; matter