starting line; starting point
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
master; teacher; stable master
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
older sister and younger brother
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
not counted (in the score); not tallied
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
short pause; short interval
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
time; season; period; phase; stage
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
rapid development; rapid unfolding