driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
watering hole; watering place
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
tumultuous (with everyone voicing their opinions simultaneously); uproarious
to grow older (esp. older than other people in the same group or situation); to advance in age; to be very aged
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
great love; passionate affair
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
human resources; man-power resources
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
something like ...; something called ...
to face on; to look out on to
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
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