breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
(together) with; -wide; including
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
mockery; derision; ridicule
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
dull sound; muffled sound
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
commitment; pledge; promise
person concerned; interested party; related party
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to lose sight of; to miss
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to thrust before; to thrust at
bathing (swimming) in cold water
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
24 hours; twenty-four hours
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
both; both sides; both parties
making efficient; optimization