following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
descendant; posterity; offspring
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
under control (e.g. of territory)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
to come back; to bloom a second time
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
small number; few; minority
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
very much; very many; more and more
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
muddy water; red-light district
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
for many days; for several days
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
fortune-telling; divination
to be too late; to be too slow
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
how; in what way; how about; questionable
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build