mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
history of; experience of
in the meanwhile; during the time
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
progress; advance; improvement; development
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
thought; consideration; thinking
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
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
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
hostility; antagonism; opposition
bright; shining; clear; evident
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
dominion; territory; possession