discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
propelling pencil; mechanical pencil
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
being all smiles with joy
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
exaltation; emotional uplift
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
postcard; memo; note; card
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy