several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to frolic about; to mess around
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
real thing; original; actual
Merlion; official mascot of Singapore, depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
right in the midst of; right at the height of
beginning; clue; starting point
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
bottom; lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt, etc.); hem (of trousers, skirt, etc.)
response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
interception (email); wiretap; bug
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to translate; to interpret
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
that year; same year; same age
escaping from prison; jailbreak