July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
reigning; controlling; dictating
nonchalant air; unruffled air
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
ruler; monarch; sovereign
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to rant and rave; to raise hell
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
massing (of troops); gathering
one's person; around one's person
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
offender; criminal; culprit
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby