had better ...; had better not ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
long-distance race (in track and field; typically 3, 5 or 10km)
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
influence; effect; impact
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
number two; mistress; concubine
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
sex change; gender reassignment; sex change; sequential hermaphroditism
interference; intervention; meddling
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)