plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
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
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 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
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 try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
infancy; childhood; tender age
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
promising without due consideration
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to cause someone to worry
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
probability; likelihood; chances
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
other nations; other peoples