waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
dressing oneself; personal grooming
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; handsome grey-haired man; silver fox
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
auxiliary; supplementary; subsidiary; ancillary
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
etc.; et cetera; and so on
to exaggerate; to overstate
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
coquettish; charming; seductive; (arch.) beautiful; (arch.) graceful
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
extremely talented; very gifted
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
packing (something) in a bag; bagging
Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
complete revocation; total retraction
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
awarding a prize; giving an award
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
to take back; to recapture
feeling that something has come too late
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot