language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
name; given name; first name
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
one large ...; a great ...
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
street; quarter; district; area
rather; better; instead; if anything
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
environment; circumstance
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
form; shape; figure; visage