to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
connection; link; relationship
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
one's long-cherished desire
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
automatic; intransitive verb
to not believe one's ears