to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
first meeting; first interview with
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
as a child; when one was a child
study; diligence; discount; reduction
educator; teacher; educationalist
results; record; grades; marks
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
rise; improvement; uptrend
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to eat too much; to overeat
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
simply; merely; only; solely
reason; cause; circumstances
trusting too much; overestimating ability
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full