rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
since when; from when; how long
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
there being no use in arguing (about it)
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
very unlikely to ...; showing no signs of ...
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
internal organs; intestines; viscera
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-