blank space; margin; blank canvas
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
blank power of attorney; carte blanche
one life; one's life; one order; one command
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
drop-off area; drive-up entrance; porte cochere
guard of honour; honor guard; ceremonial guard
top (of a flight of stairs); end (of a moving walkway); exit door (e.g. of a bus); steps down (from a bus, etc.)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
the court; palace circles; palace floor
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
refinement; elegance; grace
maple (Acer spp.); maple tree
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
to return (to the original state); to revert (to); to restore (to); to be restored (to)
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
inspector general; commissioner
serving concurrently as; concurrently holding the position of; holding the additional post of; additional post
to exist; to remain; to consist (in); to lie (in); to retain; to preserve
pretension; assumption (of a title)
great seal; seal of state
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
(a place) within one's reach
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
businessman with political ties
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
customer traffic; customers; custom