to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
older sister; elder sister
and; thereupon; because of that
bad pun; corny joke; worn-out joke; dad joke
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
all; entire; whole; altogether
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
the place for; the time for; the level of
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
now that; since; so long as; because
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
unauthorized; without permission; unapproved; lack of permission; absence of authorization
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
region; limits; stage; level