difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to arrive; to come to pass
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
at a moment's notice; readily
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to think of; to come up with
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to put (oneself) forward; to risk (one's life); to volunteer (bravely)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations