to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
how long; how much; to what extent
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
sympathy; compassion; pity
to fall ill; to be taken ill
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy
to gather; to collect; to assemble
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
enough is enough; no further!
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
university hospital; teaching hospital
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to be flexible; to be accommodating
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups