effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
many; a lot; much; multitude
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
outside world; physical world
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
hardness of hearing; bradyacusia; deafness; hearing loss
older brother; elder brother
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
study; diligence; discount; reduction
most difficult; next to impossible
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
sensitivity; susceptibility
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
waste of time; killing time
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
first cry of a newborn baby
yoke; constraints; oppression
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)
chorus; singing in a chorus
law-like nature; regularity
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued