master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
towering; astonishingly high
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
innocent; not guilty; harmless
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
now that you say that; now that you mention it
cheap article; poor-quality article
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
to be annoyed; to be inconvenienced
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
beginning of the world; creation
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
noisy; confused; uproarious
detached; aloof; indifferent
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order