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
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to get a (driver's) license
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
way; method; means; (technical) specification
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tin foil
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
second (supplementary) sound channel
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
posing a question; question
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
deadly serious; deadly earnest
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
wet nurse; nursing mother
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush