(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
female high-school student
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent)
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
(having) life-and-death power (over)
indictment; prosecution; complaint
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
thick soles; thick-soled footwear
metal fittings; metal fixtures
a little bit; a little while
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
light-emitting diode; LED
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)