child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to become vulgar; to coarsen
youthful; young; young-looking
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
sense of values; values; value system
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to well up; to burst; to arise
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
door; gate; opening; title page
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
several people; a few people
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
discovery; detection; finding
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard