comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
orders; instructions; directive; command
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
spin; rotation; spin (PR, politics)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
progress; advance; improvement; development
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
child's mind; child's heart; young mind
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
isolation; being alone; being friendless
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
railway bridge; iron bridge