(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
news program; news programme
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
rebellious phase; rebellious age
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
younger scholar; future reference
pure heart; naivete; innocence
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
tiger mom; tiger mum; mother who is overly obsessed with her children's academic performance
handicrafts; hand-crafted goods
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
full dress; formal dress; uniform
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
unidentified flying object; UFO
authenticity; credibility
wicked thought; wicked mind
delusion; trick of the imagination
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
spectacle case; glasses case
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
suddenly (appear, stick out, etc.); abruptly (happen); (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up); abruptly (rise)
bursting at the seams; bulging; snip-snip (of scissors)
obscene; indecent; salacious; lascivious; lewd
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
if you do this; if this is the case