to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
good performance; good work; great success
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
bad boy; naughty child; brat
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
without; but if; otherwise; or else
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
plain; field; being outside the government; non-governmental sphere; private sector
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
this (very thing); this precisely
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
group; bunch; crowd; group
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
attendant; valet; servant; follower
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder