(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
marking; grading; scoring
stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit
polish; improvement; burnishing
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
with these words; while saying
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
to accept (a thing) with thanks
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
tarantula (common name for large spiders); European wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
smallish; on the small side
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
production (e.g. play); direction
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
24 hours; twenty-four hours
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
patting; stroking; caressing
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate