wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
antiquity; the previous era
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
sea level; (surface of) sea
in the end; on top of that
all things in nature; the whole creation
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
(entering into) nirvana; died; silent; tranquil
to do thoroughly; to check through and through
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
to set (sun); to become dark
long; drawn-out; very long
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
last ray of hope; only hope
although I say; although one might say; although called
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
whole day and night; 24 hours
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)
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor