connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
with a bang (clash, bump)
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
action of making something; -ification
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
this and that; such and such
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
fidelity; truth; authenticity; credibility
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
to look down on; to make light of
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
present; gift; to give a present or gift
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment
use; utility; profit; gain
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
to devise; to plot; to plan
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
violent emotion; passion; fury
to surge; to well up; to gush out