rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
research institute; (research) laboratory
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
smith; blacksmith; small crowbar for extracting nails; cat's paw
finding employment; getting a job
musclehead; person obsessed with building muscle
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
right (to do something); authority; power
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
curiosity; inquisitiveness
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples; rough skin; coarse skin
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
such; this sort of; like this
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
danger; peril; hazard; risk
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
bestial; beastly; beast-like; brutal
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life
abandoned child; foundling