to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
remark; statement; discourse
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
no, not like that (but like this)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to glare at each other; to confront each other
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
point of compromise; common ground
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
decision; settlement; definition
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
moving; touching; stirring
historic; historical; traditional
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
world; society; people; the public
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
by your leave; with your permission
preface; introduction; preamble
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk