to head home; to leave for home
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
motherland; fatherland; native country
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
reconciliation; make peace with
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
heart; guts; nerve; central part
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
sobering up; method of sobering up
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury