hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
materials; data; document
only; merely; but; no more than
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
(medical) doctor; physician
in this way; thus; such; uh...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
such; this sort of; like this
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink together
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude