middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
supplementary examination
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
living thing; living creature; animal; life
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
cloud ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae); wood ear mushroom; Jew's ear mushroom
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
reason; cause; circumstances
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
state of mind; mentality; psychology
independence; self-reliance
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
exposure to wind; severe criticism