to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
reopening; resumption; restarting
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
another; different; something else
negative emotions; negative feelings
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to get out of bed; to show a leg
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
four characters; four letters
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to be embarrassed; to lose face
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
to be exhausted; to be tired out
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
self-torturing; masochistic
to be reflected in a mirror
either way; in any case; one way or another
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat