I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
to put into effect; to put into practice
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)
(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
Wu and Yue (two rival states in ancient China)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
blood and iron; military might
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
pride; dignity; self-respect
to write down; to record; to register
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
several times; once or twice
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon