portrait; likeness; picture
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
notebook; account book; register
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
time; season; period; phase; stage
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
transportation access; access to (public) transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); transport links
staying the night; lodging (at)
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
appearance; expression; manifestation
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective