toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
righting moment; restoring force; stability
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
connection; link; relationship
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
calls and sounds made by insects
not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
regulars; regular soldiers
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
courteous; decorous; polite
to be nearing death; to be dying
night table; bedside table
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
empty-handed; barehanded; unarmed
killing two birds with one stone
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?