top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
(someone else's) child; child; kid
nominal; in name only; only by terminology
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
sports ground; playing field; playground
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
impossible to do (although wants to)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to lie down; to throw oneself down
don't worry; no worries; never mind
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider