to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
scoundrel; rascal; villain
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
paid vacation; paid holiday
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
silence (not speaking); muteness
don't you think?; indicates question
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
individual; private person; personal; natural person
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)