with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
surprise; something unexpected
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
weird; disgusting; sickening
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
female university student; female college student