nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
stickily; gooily; syrupily
stretching out a string; stretching out like a string; silk reeling; silk spinning; pulling someone's strings; appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
weird; disgusting; sickening
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
murder for pleasure; lust murder
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
execution; punishment; spanking
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to come to one's senses; to calm down
serious; not joking; straight
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to be surprised; to be astonished
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way