pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to head home; to leave for home
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
club activities; extracurricular activities
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
personification; impersonation; embodiment
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
atrocious crime; heinous crime
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
police officer; policeman; constable
scandal; deplorable event
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
how many people; a number of people