Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
separate; scattered; apart
battlefield; battleground
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out
supplementary information
(religious) faith; belief; creed
sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; Christianity; Buddhism
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
vacant post; vacancy; post in name only
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
rule; government; administration
assistant ...; probationary ...
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
to continue to do; to persist in doing
accession to the throne; enthronement
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
something small; something petty; trifle
one-year-old; one year old
joy and anger; human emotions
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
chapter one; first chapter
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre