(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
increase in population; population growth
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
if you want to hide a tree, the best place is a forest
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
not understanding; not knowing
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
distant fire; fire at some distance (in cooking)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
stingy; cheap; very frugal
mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat); mabo tofu
twice cooked pork (Szechuan dish)
packed and sterilised food; retort food
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
homecoming; return to one's home
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to be afraid (of); to be frightened; to be scared; to tremble in fear; to shrink in fear
flat-iron; soldering iron; crimper; curling tongs; trowel
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
resting at times; with careful thought; after proper consideration
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction