skilled worker; skilled labour
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
in that manner; like that
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
scene; spectacle; sight; view
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to ask a question; to ask questions
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
workshop; studio; atelier
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
title deed; certificate of title
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to pass (of time); to elapse
homeless person; vagabond; tramp
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)