cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
this world; this life; world of the living
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
great emperor; ... the Great
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
brightness; splendour; splendor
under the orders of; by order (command)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant