to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
indescribable; having no way to express
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
preface; foreword; introduction
to sob; to be choked with tears
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
of tender years; very young
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
all-inclusive; all-embracing; overall; general
second generation; second; junior
since the dawn of history
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to rebuild; to reconstruct
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
lack of understanding; lack of sympathy
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
armed group; armed insurgents
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand