joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to feel; to sense; to experience
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
hello; good day; good afternoon
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
very popular; highly favoured
drinking party; get-together
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
tradition; legend; folklore
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
to get blunt; to dull; to wear out
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by