large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be as plain as daylight; to be as clear as day
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
survival; survivor; relic
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to ask; to enquire; to query
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
master; teacher; stable master
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to become empty; to be emptied
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age