information transfer; information transmission
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
beginning (of a century, etc.)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
even more; still more; further
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
difficult to ...; hard to ...
suave; tactful; smooth; versatile; adaptable
itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant; clouds and water
un-; non-; negative prefix
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
seasonal goods; seasonal items; item of short-lived interest; faddish product; ephemeral work
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
in the end; at the end of the day
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely