to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
how many people; a number of people
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
had better ...; had better not ...
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
pregnancy; conception; gestation
time; season; period; phase; stage
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
January; first month of the lunar calendar
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
pointing out; identification
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky