inattention; absent-mindedness
full view; plain sight; completely visible
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
finding employment; getting a job
working adult; full-fledged member of society
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to pause; to have a short intermission
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
dressing; dressing; putting on clothes
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
imbalance; proceeding irregularly; unsteady progress; limp; claudication
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
interference; intervention; meddling
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
vibrancy; strength; one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man); counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)
way of speaking; intimation
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
they; those guys; those fellows
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
guardian; protector; patron; parent
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
mental; spiritual; emotional
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless