playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
you could say that; that might be so
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
younger scholar; future reference
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
(turned out) all right in the end
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
important person; strategic person; key figure
time; season; period; phase; stage
just right (time, size, length, etc.)