greeting; a fine thing to say
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
open; spacious; extensive
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
neighbouring house; neighboring house; neighbors; neighbours
group; party; team; squad; section
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to increase; to add to; to augment
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
emaciation; gauntness; haggardness
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
passage of time; perceived time; relative time
from here; from this place
800,000; eight hundred thousand
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
motherland; fatherland; native country
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick