holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
diagnosis; medical examination
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
exercise to help digestion
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to dye; to colour; to color
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
danger; peril; hazard; risk
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour