paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
married woman; another's wife
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
when it becomes; when it comes to
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
coldhearted; pitiless; merciless; heartless
cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to be relieved; to feel relieved
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to complain; to make a complaint
progress; advance; improvement; development
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
eye measurement; measure with eye
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
red flame; (solar) prominence
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
reaching; attaining; arrival
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
using as an intermediary; through
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)