qualifications; requirements; capabilities
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
murder of one's own lord or father
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
second marriage; remarriage
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
relatively; comparatively
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
naturally; of course; understandably
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
passing through without stopping; passing by
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to surround; to crowd around
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time