credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
spinning (textiles); spun yarn
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
subsiding; falling (cave) in; collapse
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to apologize; to apologise
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
diligent; absorbed (in something)
first-aid; emergency (aid)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
independence; self-reliance
to be able to do; to be capable of doing