to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
new student; freshman; first-year student
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to state; to express; to mention
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to find out; to discover; to locate
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
negative emotions; negative feelings
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement; second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to nip (something) in the bud
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
price; cost; value; worth; value
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to speak; to say; to vocalize
power balance; balance of power
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
secret understanding; collusion