eyesight; vision; visual acuity
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
private citizen; civilian
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
relevant documents; (all) the documents related (to the matter)
registration book; registration card
sword hunt; sword confiscation
registration; accession; register; entry; record
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
while; during (the time when)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
contrary to one's expectations
multinational; transnational
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
script; screenplay; scenario
rewriting; rewrite; fair copy
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold