one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
mistress; kept woman; concubine
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
teatime; tea break; coffee break
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
rebellious phase; rebellious age
in person; personally; (do) oneself
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
all companies; each company
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to look around; to look towards (us)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels