abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
resignation (from a position)
weekly publication; weekly magazine
launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue
colour; color; hue; tints
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
criticism; critique; review; commentary
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novelette; novella; short novel
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
drama; theatre; theater; play
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
general-interest magazine
business; trade; operations; sales
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
collaboration; joint work
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
spread; span; expanse; extent
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
recital; recitation; public reading
to concentrate one's effort (on something)