to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
leaving or staying; (one's) course of action; (one's) position; (one's) attitude
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
everywhere; all over; throughout
every place; various places
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
true character; true heart; true spirit
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
to fly around; to scatter
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
even if not; even without
all (there is); as long as there is
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
though one didn't intend (expect) to
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.