unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
only; merely; but; no more than
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
class; heading; group; category
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
simply; merely; only; solely
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
way; method; means; resource; course
cooking; food preparation
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
beyond this point; from now on; after this
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted