(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
clearing one's throat; cough
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
I see; that's right; indeed
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
armed might; military power; the sword; force
radical party; extremists
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
war; fighting; fierce competition
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
end; close; conclusion; termination
reopening; resumption; restarting