New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
to be too numerous; to be too much
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
true character; true heart; true spirit
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
vinegared dish; pickled dish
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be