secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
sense of relief; feeling of relief
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
defense; defence; protection
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
calling by name; designation; nomination
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
swimming pool that is open at night (esp. for a party)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
good feeling; feeling good
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
main cause; primary factor