conte; short story; tale; comedy sketch; skit
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
chopsticks; (something) at hand; (in) one's possession; (near) one's hands
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
oratory; art of public speaking
outline; survey; compendium
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
major subject; special study
fluent (in a language); flowing
tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)
exploration party; expedition team
Chinese white olive (Canarium album); olive (Olea europea)
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
great debate; great controversy
to engage in a heated discussion
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
to debate; to deliberate; to argue; to contend; to discuss; to dispute
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
patterns of thinking; train of thought
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
present; current; in operation
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
autonomy; right of self-government
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal