one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
evening; early night hours
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
to be profitable; to yield a profit
having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
originally; by nature; from the start
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
that is to say; so that means
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
at the present time; as of now; at this time
(not) much; (not) very; (arch.) like this; (arch.) as a rule
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
long (time); protracted; prolonged
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
heart; guts; nerve; central part
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
unexpectedly; surprisingly