love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to form a pair (pairs); to partner
very much; very many; more and more
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
each individual; each person
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
support; backup; prop; backstay; underpinning
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
to play a leading role; to play a central part
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
since when; from when; how long
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling