single-mother household; fatherless family
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
proper; respectable; decent; honest
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
template; run of the mill; formulaic
vocational school; technical school
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to lose sight of; to miss
stirring; rousing oneself
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
station square; station plaza
original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
user; end-user; consumer; patron; customer; client
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
complete change; about-face
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
billow; surge; large wave
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
several hundred; hundreds (of)
mobilization; mobilisation
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
-less; lacking; non-existing
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam