to shut in; to confine; to contain
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
lifting (a child) high up in the air
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how; in what way; circumstances
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
assistance; backing; reinforcements
serious; not joking; straight
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
February; second month of the lunar calendar
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
and; thereupon; because of that
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
recovery; rescue; recapture
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy