left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
way; method; means; resource; course
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
political measures; policy
one's house; one's home; one's family
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to help each other; to cooperate
to live; to make a living; to get on with
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
outrageous lie; outright lie
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to know (a person); to think
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal