to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to burst open; to pop; to split
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
leather; leather-bound; leathern
to get angry; to lose one's temper
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to be opposite; to face each other
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
military affairs; military service
official document; archives
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
right in the center (centre)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
incident; affair; happening; event
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
drama; play; Chinese opera
on the street; around town; the world; the public
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality