early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
prayer (for something); supplication
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
second-year student; biennial
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
pup; puppy; whelp; damn dog; mutt
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
scene change; cutaway; cut
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
shopping; purchased goods
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)