curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
number of persons; personnel
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
also known as; also called
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
indescribable; having no way to express
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
sour look; surly face; pout
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
order; sequence; procedure
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
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