ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
man who indulges women; gentleman; feminist
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
farewell party; send-off party; motivational rally
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
directions; instructions; orders; command
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
weakening; emaciation; decline
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
taping (e.g. an injured joint)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
interruption; interference; butting in
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
drunkenness; intoxication
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable