to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
wicked tongue; abusive language
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
another thing; exception; special case
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
originally; by nature; from the start
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
same; similar; (just) like; equal
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
memories; recollections; reminiscence
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
exactly as stated; verbatim
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
by itself; automatically; naturally
to come alive; to get going; to start to move