human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
of course; certainly; naturally
minority group (party); minority
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
(political) power; authority; influence
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to push aside; to brush aside
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
above-mentioned; above-named; above
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
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
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
how many years; how long; what year
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to look down on; to make light of
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
way; method; means; resource; course
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