second-year student; biennial
chilly; unpleasantly cold
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
February; second month of the lunar calendar
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to lie down; to throw oneself down
(only) one option; one possible choice
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to rise; to erect; to get up
program (e.g. TV); programme
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to cease; to stop; to be over
to make a phone call; to answer the phone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
-less; lacking; non-existing
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)