act of mercy; helping another person
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
enlightenment; instruction
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
that day; the very same day
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
granted that; even if; even though
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
nothing but; none other than
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
offender; criminal; culprit
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to think of; to come up with
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to have a rumor circulating
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
tenth day of the month; ten days
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
drama; play; Chinese opera
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation