misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the front; honest; upright; decent
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
illicit sexual relationship
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
only; merely; but; no more than
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
severe punishment; rigorous measures
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed