subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to relax; to feel at home
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to attack; to assault; to assail
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
enemy territory; hostile place
naturally; of course; understandably
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
secret; private; surreptitious
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
unification of the whole country
maintaining the status quo
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
such ... as; or some such
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
literally; to the letter; literal
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
technical skill; ability; capacity
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to be needed; to be wanted
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only