before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
finger flick to the forehead
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
the other day; lately; recently
on the occasion of; at the time of
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
to make an appearance; to show up
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
to affect; to impact; to influence
amplitude (of vibration); (degree of) instability; volatility; fluctuation
that's the way it is; such is life
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable