delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
mending; repair; darning; patching up
bad behavior; misbehavior
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
educator; teacher; educationalist
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
returning from school; going home from school
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to be transparent; to show through
used article (esp. clothes)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out