difference; variation; difference
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
personality; character; individuality; personhood
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
in the same way as; just like
to entrust; to leave to a person
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
treating someone like a child
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to call again; to call someone back