to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high
worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness
warp; curvature; curve; arch
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
kaoliang; variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to have dealings with; to be involved in
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
the people; citizens; the populace
genius; prodigy; natural gift
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to observe carefully; to make sure
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
a fire raging in one's own home
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
even; indicates something unexpected occurs
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)