unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
aptitude; aptness; suitability
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
curious; strange; unusual
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
high and low; rise and fall
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
to be erected; to be built
audience (with a person of high standing)
guidance; leadership; leading the way
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
pleased to make your acquaintance
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
to say; to tell; to state; to do
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
hostile relations; hostile relationship
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
establishment; settlement