celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
determination; esprit de corps
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
too much; excessively; too
scene; spectacle; sight; view
excellent speech; masterly speech
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
participation; joining; entry; adherence
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to put into effect; to put into practice
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to finish reading; to read through
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
river; stream; River; the ... river
something like ...; something called ...
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
height (of body); stature
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
narrow; thin (sized); slender
though; notwithstanding; although
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)