to exert oneself; to make efforts
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
each; (arch.) you (plural)
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
sincerity; true heart; devotion
sunlight; rays of the Sun
race (of people); type of person
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to lie down; to throw oneself down
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
uphill road; ascending road
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to run through; to run past
password; watchword; motto; slogan
to run out (e.g. of the room)
large hanging paper lantern
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
constable; method of catching criminals
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to ascertain; to check; to make sure