menial; meanness; servility; abject
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
parting; separation; farewell
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
bet; wager; stake; gamble
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
in order; in turn; one by one
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
consequence; outcome; result; blame
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
family; members of a family
birth date; date of birth; DOB
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
results of a vote; voting results
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed