to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
straight-laced person; stubborn person
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
failure; mistake; blunder
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
spine; backbone; spinal column
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
selfish; self-centred; egotistical