to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
contract marriage; marriage by contract
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
final; eventual; ultimate
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to accept; to receive; to agree
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
(present) head of a family
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk