sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
death by hanging; execution by hanging
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to thrust before; to thrust at
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
choices; alternatives; options
at someone's (something's) mercy
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)