unnatural; affected; studied; forced
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
jokingly; in the form of a joke
pointing out; identification
regret; repentance; remorse
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
nothing but; none other than
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
ago; since; before; previous
forcibly; against one's will
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
older sister; elder sister
company president; manager; director
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
have a good day; take care; see you
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to repeat; to do something over again
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail