being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
assertion; declaration; affirmation
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
it's not like; it isn't as if
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
feeling elated; being excited; high spirits
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
cheap article; poor quality article
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
dressing room; fitting room
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick