taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
old friend; old acquaintance
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
vast; limitless; boundless
flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to trample to death; to kill underfoot
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
armed forces; military; troops
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very
shiatsu; acupressure; form of Japanese finger-pressure therapy
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
ordinary citizen; the general public
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
laughing while reminiscing
electrical appliances; electric appliances
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
particular; hard to please; fussy
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
talking while standing; standing around talking
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)