undesirable state brought about by (my) lack of virtue; feeling morally responsible; mea culpa
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
adds force or indicates command
time; hour; period; class
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
please; somehow or other; one way or another
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
imported article; imported goods
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
had better ...; had better not ...
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
long ago; a long time ago; already
foreign; abroad; overseas
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
should; must; -able; probably; likely
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not