mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
document (of proof); certificate; paper; bond; deed
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile (of soil); to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.); to be discriminating; to become rich
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to give; to do (something) for
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity
an instant; a split second; no time at all
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
calamity; misfortune; disaster
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to not believe one's ears
to stop (plug) one's ears
manners; behavior; behaviour
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
fee; charge; rate; material
seeming very ...; just like ...
national health insurance
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
omniscience (of a buddha)
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
unbearable to look at; too miserable (or awful) to watch; cannot bear to see
all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait