discretion; discretionary power
regular time; stated period
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
levying; requisitioning; compulsory enlistment; recruitment; conscription
to return to normal; to recover; to restore
cranial nerves; cerebral nerves
country; countryside; country; country and western; country; nation
large green soybean; green peas
dark (color); concentrated; thick
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
most difficult; next to impossible
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
no, not like that (but like this)
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
unicorn; narwhal; qilin (Chinese unicorn)
library (usu. single-room); small library
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
with spirit; courageously; resolutely
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
coined word; coinage; neologism
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
basic principle; fundamental principle
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
another; different; something else