comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to call each other; to call out to one another
birth date; date of birth; DOB
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
society regulations; club regulations; constitution
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
hostility; antagonism; opposition
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
withdrawal from a group; resignation; secession; unsubscribing (mailing list, etc.)
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
end of term; end of semester
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
call; summons; convening; convocation
established practice; custom
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
feigned voice; unnatural voice
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
(plump and) happy-looking
successive generations; successive emperors
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
long-established; old-established; traditional