to make a mistake; to mess up; to screw up; to fail
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
vibrancy; strength; one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man); counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
indicates emotion or exclamation; hey; you
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
in person; personally; (do) oneself
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
particular; hard to please; fussy
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
pajama party; pyjama party; slumber party
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to hand (over); to deliver in person
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...