aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
preservation; retainment; keeping
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
even though; despite; when
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to stiffen; to become stiff
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
whereabout; about where; how much
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
indeed; really; truly; very much
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
school building; schoolhouse
invisibly; secretly; privately
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
grudge; complaint; reproach
fair and square; open and aboveboard
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
reason; cause; history; origin