youth; springtime of life; adolescent
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
gradually; slowly but steadily
established practice; custom
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
third day of the month; three days
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
to subsist; to keep on living
but; however; provided that
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to approach; to draw near
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
demanding; difficult; strict
children's park; children's playground
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help