growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
way; course; the only way
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
real life; actual life; everyday life
fruits of a wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)
natural virtue; personal virtue
increase and decrease; fluctuation
number of times; frequency; count
winning streak; good time to make a profit
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
ingredient; component; composition
to bungle; to make things awkward
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
autumn, season of good appetite
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
mild; mild-mannered; gentle
to step over or across; to overcome
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
take-out; take-away; carry-out