approximate age; age range
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
one's house; one's home; one's family
to work hard; to work diligently
to grumble about something (trivial)
passing through; through passage
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
high and low; rise and fall
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
core; core; hardcore; all-out
to run down (stairs, etc.)
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
billow; surge; large wave
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly