displeasure; offense; offence; disliking
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
cares; ill feeling; reserve
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
strong-willed; strong of heart
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to devise a plan; to work out a plot
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
pyramid-style; pyramid-shaped
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
one's elders or superiors
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
practical question (problem); practical matter
calm; composed; leisurely
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
door; gate; opening; title page
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice