monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
probability; likelihood; chances
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
direct control; direct supervision
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to serve; to work for; to attend
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
in that manner; like that
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
another time; some other time
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to do a silly thing; to do something stupid
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself