scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
material; substance; matter
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to sink (into); to get depressed
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to hate each other; to hate mutually
sympathy; empathy; response
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
just because; even if; even though
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
levitation; floating on air; airborne (e.g. bacteria); aero-
stillness; repose; standing still
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
pike (freshwater fish, Esox sp.)
devoted; self-sacrificing
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
prejudice; bias; distorted view
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic