unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background
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club sandwich
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened / heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom) / fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
to list / to specify
to distinguish / to ascertain
materials safety data sheet (MSDS)
dull (lamplight)
translucent / semitransparent
missing / lost
ancient civilization
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
(astronomy) Venus
strict and impartial / firm
the Four Great Inventions (papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder, traditionally regarded as the four major inventions of ancient China)
explanatory diagram
extraterrestrial civilization
to consolidate and clarify
to shine brightly / (fig.) to show promise / to be on the up and up
king prawn
blindness
to honor sb as a God (idiom) / to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
to declare
(law) affidavit / deposition
keenly observant of trivial details
layered / structured / made up of distinct parts
lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery
(literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute
the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
to figure out how to do something
flamenco (Tw) (loanword)
to show clearly / to make public / obvious
obvious / clear for all to see
hindsight
twilight
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