bright; intelligent; clever; smart
scholarship; scientific attainments
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
chief; main; principal; important
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
road over a mountain pass
(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak
seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
camping; campground; making camp
can't help worrying; besides myself with worry
urbanization; urbanisation
to become damaged; to break; to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)
living together; coexistence
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
creation; Creation (by God)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
prospects of victory; chances of success
by far; by a long way; much; a few levels; several grades