chemical experiment; chemistry experiment
corn flakes; cold cereal; breakfast cereal
total fire loss; completely burned
one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
police; polis (ancient Greek city state); -city
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
to scrape off; to shave off
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
to cut off (a relationship)
growth period (in children)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
future prospects; promise
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other