to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
chemistry laboratory; chemical laboratory
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
secret; private; surreptitious
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
classification; categorization; sorting
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
second day of the month; two days
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
it seems so; that's what it looks like
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
space (room, area, outer space)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously