exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
sign; indication; omen; symptom
teaching licence; teacher's license
to teach; to take a teaching job
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
license; licence; permission; driver's license
to be well-timed; to be timely; to be opportune
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
the good fortune to have been born male
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
unable to stay still; unable to contain one's feelings; unable to restrain oneself
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
financial world; business circles
flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
making one's best exertions
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
advent of a golden opportunity
special election; by-election; bye-election
seen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
tangible side of things (such as equipment and facilities; as opposed to the abstract side)
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
younger half-brother (by a different mother)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic