check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
document; official papers
February; second month of the lunar calendar
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
registration; accession; register; entry; record
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
to ask a question; to ask questions
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
overseas student; exchange student
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive