embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
simply; merely; only; solely
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
one (thing); one piece; one item
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
another time; some other time
living-cum-dining room; combined living room and dining room
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
period of time; time slot; time zone
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to become stupid from associating with stupid people; (lit.) to be infected with stupidity
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to be infected; to be contagious
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit
last night; yesterday evening
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
the whole day; all the day
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
family-oriented; familial
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
results; record; grades; marks
combat power; fighting strength
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to be itching to put one's skills to use