skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
respect and affection; love and respect
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
great person; eminent figure
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to capture; to seize; to plunder
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
door; gate; opening; title page
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
clerical desk; office desk
chair; stool; post; office; position
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
light; right; right field; right fielder
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to breathe while sleeping