failure; mistake; blunder
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
the other day; lately; recently
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
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)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
anonymity; using an assumed name