strong-willed; strong of heart
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
nice; likeable; desirable
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
as one had hoped; as one wishes
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
potentiality; dormancy; latency
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
I thought so; I suspected as much; just as I thought; now you're talking; that's the spirit
to kill; to choke the life out of
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn