bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
probe each other; sound each other out
body and soul; mind and body
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
considerably; fairly; quite
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
senior high school student
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
staying the night; lodging (at)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
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)
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy