career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
risky; dangerous; insecure
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
vigorous advance (while attacking the enemy); sweeping advance; string of wins; series of great successes; unbroken run of success (in business, entertainment, etc.)
9th day of the month; nine days
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to launch a surprise attack
end of life; death; breathing one's last
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
to die; to lay down life's burden
to pretend; to act (as if)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
value; worth; estimation; evaluation; bargain; good buy
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to come to one's senses; to calm down
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather