proposal; motion; recommendation
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
clear; precise; definite; distinct
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
(political) power; authority; influence
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
be (that) as it may; having said that
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to bring; to take; to bring about
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
night attack; nocturnal assault
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
many; a lot; much; multitude
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
reason; cause; circumstances
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
solitude; loneliness; isolation
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
convention; tired tradition; old custom
to subsist; to keep on living
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur