weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
leader; guide; mentor; coach
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
testimony; (verbal) evidence
only recently; just of late
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to write down; to record; to register
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
information transfer; information transmission
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to be injured; to sustain a wound
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
extensive; vast range; wide scope
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
unnatural death; violent death
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life