eardrum; tympanic membrane
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
personal (employee); employed; retained
last night; yesterday evening
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
Nicolai; Nicolais; Nikolai; Nikolais
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
courteous; decorous; polite
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
pack of wolves; wolf pack
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
sincere; honest; faithful
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
they; those guys; those fellows
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
spare time; free time; leisure time
household economy; family finances
troubled face; worried expression
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
yourself; himself; herself
main cause; primary factor
such; this sort of; like this
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity