opening of the beachgoing season
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
individual; private person; personal; private
reskilling; improving one's skills
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
club budget; club expense
the other day; lately; recently
application; request; petition
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
counseling room; counselling room; consulting room; advisory centre
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
refusal; rejection; denial; veto