good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
flying column; detached force
entreaty; supplication; petition
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
in unison; as one; united
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
homecoming; return to one's home
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
every person; each one; everybody
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
to throw away; to abandon
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue