mockery; derision; ridicule
resentment; indignation; anger
competent; suitable; qualified
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
skill; dexterity; master hand
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
and; thereupon; because of that
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
but; however; provided that
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
recovery; undoing; recall
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
will not do; do not; does not
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to understand; to comprehend
to be hesitant; to feel timid
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to indicate; to show; to point to
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to fall on one's backside
such ... as; or some such
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
surely; certainly; without doubt