free translation; liberal translation
to check; to stop; to keep back
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to increase; to add to; to augment
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
tautology (language); tautology
deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
recently; lately; these days
video game (played on a home console)
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
for the present; for the time being
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
nothing but; none other than
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
(one) scene (in a movie, etc.)
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
gunfighter (esp. in the American Old West); gunslinger; gunman
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves