entrance fee; participation cost
regret; repentance; remorse
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
next year; next fiscal year
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
individual; private person; personal; natural person
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Christmas Eve; holy night
class-B; B class; B grade; second rate
movie viewing event; film screening; movie screening; movie night
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with