catercorner; diagonally opposite
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
communications partner; entity at the end of a communication
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
squad leader; group leader; team leader
to sit silently at a meeting
to switch off; to turn off
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
hateful; detestable; loathsome
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
in turns; alternately; in order
to torment; to harass; to tease
to be pleased with; to suit
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to use up all one's strength
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
(how) many times; (how) often
older brother and younger sister