ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
wherein; therein; thereinto
marriage proposal; courtship
to give a true account; to give a graphic account
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
a few years ago; some years back
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
to try all possible means
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
sense of unity; sense of oneness
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
to beat time; to mark time
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
all parts; various parts; every department
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
one by one; one each; one at a time
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to cross one's mind; to occur to one