to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
manners; courtesy; etiquette
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
over-demanding parents; parents who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
spirit of self-reliance; feeling of independence
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
independence; self-reliance
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
discipline; training; teaching manners