retention; maintenance; preservation
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
great person; eminent figure
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
old age; old person; the old; the aged
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
best (highest) record; new record
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
second offense; second offence
head start; initiative; preemption
numerical inferiority; being outnumbered
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
comma; decimal point; radix point
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle