to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
living by oneself; living alone
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
side effect; adverse reaction
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
father; dad; husband; you; he
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
(abbr) Harvard (University)
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of