(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
piece; fragment; one (object)
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
arrangement; pact; agreement
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
successively; one after another
gulp; gulping; swallowing
forcibly; against one's will
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
goods on display; (an) exhibit; exhibition (of goods)
control center; control centre
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
computer; cyberbrain; digital brain
fort; stronghold; fortification
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
accumulation; accumulate; store
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
national expenditure; government spending; public funds
tax parasite (e.g. public servant, politician, welfare recipient); tax thief
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked