to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
life; living; I; me; student
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
than; from; out of; except; but; more
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
primary school; elementary school; grade school
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
adds force or indicates command
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
uninhabited island; desert island
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
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)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing