recently; lately; these days
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
to harm; to cause harm to
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to understand; to make out
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
to hate each other; to hate mutually
and so; therefore; for that reason
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
nature; property; disposition
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to split; to be split; to splinter
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
different opinion; objection
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...