tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
estimation; criticism; comment
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to sniff out; to get wind of
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
scandal; deplorable event
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
in spite of; regardless of
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark