burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
to give directions; to issue instructions
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
very young; little; childish; immature
older sister; lass; young lady
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
battlefield; battleground
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
chignon (ladies' hairstyle)
to form a pair; to pair up
without; unless; have to do
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
memory; sense; experience
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
creakily; with a grating sound; packed full; crammed; with no room to spare
dull sound; muffled sound