setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
medicine taken internally
suppuration; festering; coming to head
antibacterial drugs; antimicrobial drugs
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
equality; uniformity; evenness
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
sword skills; swordsmanship
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to have troubles; to have concerns
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to feel depressed; to be down
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery