three generations; three periods; third generation
integration (e.g. social); mixing; penetration
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
change; transition; vicissitudes
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
another thing; exception; special case
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form
connection; relation; linkage
clause; article; stipulations
supporter; helper; aid provider; patron
final; eventual; ultimate
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
strong pressure; heavy pressure
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
narrow; cramped; small-sized
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
innermost depths of one's heart
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies