to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
thickly; stickily; viscously
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
abandoned child; foundling
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
uncool; tacky; lame; corny
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
weird; disgusting; sickening
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
singing together; singing in union; chorus; ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus
(school) recital; school concert; class presentation; presentation (for a new product, etc.); announcement event; launch event
recorder (musical instrument); English flute
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to keep in mind; to memorize
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary