retreating figure; appearance from behind
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
still; even now; to this day
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; laziness; fooling around
to close up; to block up; to fill; to cover
had better ...; had better not ...
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
national holiday; festival day
protest; refutation; pleading
one's best interests; one's own good
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
(walking) stick; cane; wand
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
covered in mud; mud-caked
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
catching flies; fly-catcher; flytrap; jumping spider
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to become used to; to become familiar with; to grow accustomed to
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
middle of the night; dead of night
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention