white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
being very busy; busyness
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
company president; manager; director
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
such; this sort of; like this
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
imagination; supposition; guess
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
precondition; prerequisite
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up