babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
complexion; colour; color; blood red
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
one's house; one's home; one's family
reception room; parlor; parlour
honorable certificate; honourable certificate
fading; faded colour; faded color
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997); Teng Hsiao-p'ing
to take; to catch; to capture
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
first meeting; first interview with
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
as a child; when one was a child
educator; teacher; educationalist
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
rise; improvement; uptrend
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
to eat too much; to overeat
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
trusting too much; overestimating ability