enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
story; tale; talk; discussion
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be worried; to be troubled
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
something; some kind of; for some reason
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
lately; recently; nowadays
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
personal combat; one-to-one fight
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires