(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
supplementary examination
schedule; program; programme; agenda
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to taste; to try (food or drink)
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
trio; gang of three; threesome
older brother and younger sister
operating (e.g. of trains, cars); running; working
general; overall; across-the-board
background (of a case, incident, etc.)
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to control; to command; to get the better of
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
salty sea breeze; salt wind