technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
devote oneself to; to do as one pleases; to act selfishly
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
although I say; although one might say; although called
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
around the world; throughout the world
of great promise; with a promising future
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to collect; to assemble; to gather
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
attendance (at school); going to school
corridor; hallway; passageway
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
both (people); the two of them
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
hostility; animosity; enmity
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still