early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
study; learning; tutorial
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
way; method; means; resource; course
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
mask; disguise; guise; mask
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
to stare back (at); to glare back
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person