sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
deputy head teacher; vice principal
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to be relieved; to feel relieved
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to repeat; to do over again
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something