book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
role of a company president
reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook
counter for books; volume
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
the front; honest; upright; decent
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
drawing; painting; picture
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
finishing blow; coup de grâce
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
extended leave; long vacation
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
tacit; unspoken; implicit
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)