evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
training (esp. in-service); induction course
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
Niangniang; Chinese goddess
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
curiosity; inquisitiveness
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
use; utilization; utilisation; application
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
general; overall; across-the-board
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
oilily; slimily; slipperily
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
site; point on a map; spot
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
aptitude; aptness; suitability
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up