to reach; to get to; to arrive at
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to dye; to colour; to color
right beside; close to; nearby
to boil water; to get the bath ready
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
whispering into a person's ear
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
accurate; correct; precise; exact
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
discovery; detection; finding
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
special; particular; peculiar; unique
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
(social) position; status
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for