lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
contest; comparison; competition
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to spit out; to eject; to dump
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to go out and away; to leave
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
future years; in (one's) later years
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
jokingly; in the form of a joke
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
leaving school during a term
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
stirring; rousing oneself
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
of course; certainly; naturally
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
precocity; early ripening; premature development