reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
one grade; first-class; primary
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
reputation; respectability
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to sit for an examination
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
sound wave; acoustic wave
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
younger brother and sister
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
complementation; supplementation; completion
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to appear all together; to be all present
(software) update; upgrade (to a new version); upgrade (to a device, product, etc.); improvement
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
rationalization; justification
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
hours of operation (of a machine, etc.); uptime
just one person; only one
liking for; taste for; fondness for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
very hungry; starving; ravenous
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo