offensive (movement); aggression
unpredictability; element of surprise
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
discouragement; disappointment
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
first thing in the morning
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
flag; banner; ensign; emblem
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
technical skill; ability; capacity
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to be absorbed in reading
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
proud; having a prominent nose
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp