colour; color; hue; tints
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
meteorological observatory
rotation (on an axis); rotation (under its own power)
revolution (of a celestial body around another)
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
freely adaptable, very flexible, nimble in adaptation
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
grains; lumps; drops; grainy; bumpy; coarse
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
general idea; concept; notion
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
conjecture; guesswork; guess
to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself
wrong idea; delusion; indiscretion; false step; misstep
common reed (Phragmites australis)
materialistic; materialist
boundless; infinite; vast
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
practical; realistic; pragmatic
chemistry laboratory; chemical laboratory
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
unconditionally; as a rule
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
virtue; charm; merit; good point
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete