to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
programme; program; plans; arrangements
beauty of form (oft. used of nature); beauty of a sculpted shape
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
to offend someone; to give offence; to hurt someone's feelings
source (e.g. quotation); authority
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
proclamation; promulgation
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to take over; to hand over
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
personal meeting (esp. used by females)
as you are aware; as you know
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
spread; span; expanse; extent
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)