to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to triumph; to be elated with success
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
examination (exam) questions; questions for an examination
soft yellow-green; subdued pea green; tea green
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
present; gift; to give a present or gift
dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover
library; book collection; paperback book
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
the place for; the time for; the level of
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
notice; notification; report; posting
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes
falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to