point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
temporary dwelling; this transient world
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
waste material; waste; useless article; discarded article; refuse; trash
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
a few years ago; some years back
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
neat (neatly); tidy; trim
retirement (from the world); seclusion
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
medicine taken internally
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644)
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume
peephole (e.g. in a door); observation window; viewing window
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab