to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
money-making; earning money
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
audience; spectator; spectators
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to repeat; to do something over again
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
underling; newbie; small fry; newcomer
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
bygones; the past; past event
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence