(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
in that way; like that; that way
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
old friend; old acquaintance
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to raise one's voice; to shout
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
on duty; at work; while working
to join forces with; to cooperate with
vacant house; unoccupied house