practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
lotus leaf; vulgar; wanton
commitment; pledge; promise
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
a little bit; a little while
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car
multifunction; multipurpose
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
highly directional microphone
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
trial product; prototype model
to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop
ability; performance; efficiency
scooping loaches; catching loach in a net; loach-catching dance
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to hit hard; to strike hard
to boil with rage; to be infuriated
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
script; libretto; scenario
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
fool; twit; idiot; (arch.) unpleasant customer
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
every evening; night after night
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity