painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
discipline; training; teaching manners
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
avoiding or dodging responsibility
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
distant look; faraway look
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
results-oriented approach; resultism; belief in results
root; source; origin; cause
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
close; intimate; on good terms
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification