filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
news; word; tidings; omen
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
one's home country; one's homeland
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
don't worry; there's no need to worry
nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)
neglecting; leaving alone
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
handicraft; industrial art object
mask; disguise; guise; mask
counter for books; volume
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
accompanying note; postscript
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
student; follower; students and pupils
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
heaven and earth; top and bottom
highest institute of education
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual