heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
God only knows what may happen
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
extensive; vast range; wide scope
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
still; even now; to this day
junior high school student; middle school pupil
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
contrived; false-sounding
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
without permission; without notice
be (that) as it may; having said that
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
although I say; although one might say; although called