both armies; both teams; both sides
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
dull sound; muffled sound
remaining silent; keeping secret
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
second day of the month; two days
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
menial; meanness; servility; abject
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper