to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
price; cost; value; worth; value
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
will; testament; last request
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
directly; in person; firsthand
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
self-consciousness; self-awareness
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
certainly; surely; definitely
scenery; scene; landscape
heaven and earth; top and bottom
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
favourite horse; favorite horse
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle