quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
very recently; in the very recent past
master; teacher; stable master
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
to have one's name entered (in a list)
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
ever-victorious; many successful campaigns; invincibility
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to beat time; to mark time
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
to become well-known; to become common knowledge; to become famous; to be on everyone's lips