to be discouraged; to shrink from
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
(talent) scout; recruiter; headhunter
such; this sort of; like this
application (to take part in); registration
not long has passed since ...
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising)
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
returning from school; going home from school
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to come back; to return; to recur
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
deep affection; dear; beloved
semiconductor; solid-state
non-von Neumann architecture
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
exemption; exoneration; discharge
water's edge; beach; shore