painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to apologize; to apologise
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
terminal care; end-of-life care
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
considerably; greatly; a lot
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
had better ...; had better not ...
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
intelligence or information network
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept