history of; experience of
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
young master; son of a high-ranking person
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
steering (of a boat); steerage
the opposite sex; isomerism
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
precondition; prerequisite
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to sink (into); to get depressed
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
joint; seam; joining point
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
without eating or drinking
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate