enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
commuting to school; school commute
club activities; extracurricular activities
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
adviser; advisor; consultant
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
simply; merely; only; solely
it is not (like that) either
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
school building; schoolhouse
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
one thin flat object; one sheet
tool; implement; means; furniture
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
when looked at in that way
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
to be opposite; to face each other
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to begin slipping or sliding; to make a start upon
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out