past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
(distant) howling; backbiting
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
burlesque; low comedy; farce
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to look away; to avert one's eyes
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to stare back (at); to glare back
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression