good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
long time; long interval; for quite some time
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
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
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
it's not like; it isn't as if
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
alone; by oneself; on one's own
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum