to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
one's house; one's home; one's family
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
hello; good day; good afternoon
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
counter for books; volume
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
memory; ability to remember
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
useless resistance; vain struggle
general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
technical book; specialized book; treatise
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
(animal making a) monstrous apparition
event; phenomenon; matter