to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to harm; to cause harm to
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
notice; attention; observation
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
inn; tavern; basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
genuine article; real thing; real deal
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to steal or sneak or slip into
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
minding; watching; looking out; guarding
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
this world; this life; world of the living
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
you could say; you might say; verging on the
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
egoism; egotism; selfishness
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
along the road; along the way
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
such ... as; or some such
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish