to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
end of life; death; annihilation
nausea; sickness in the stomach
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
imperial court; royal court
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
letter of invitation; letter of recommendation; reference
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
spell; curse; dharani; mantra