to subsist; to keep on living
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
childbirth; delivery; confinement
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
the dark side; the seamy side
action; operation; effect; function
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
same family (race, tribe)
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to have sexual intercourse
curse; spell; malediction
firm; unshakeable; resolute
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
to leave (a scene); to step away
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite