setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
(period of) a year; during an era
practitioner of Buddhism; practitioner of austerities; disciplinant; practitioner of martial arts
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
surroundings; circumference
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
shopping street; shopping district
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to get slightly dirty (all over)
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
to cease; to stop; to be over
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to be prolonged; to drag on