to keep (a person) waiting
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to examine; to check; to inspect
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
carbonization; carbonisation
several minutes; a few minutes
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
bloodsucking; sucking blood
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
(social) class; rank; grade
society; public; community; social studies
one grade; first-class; primary
firmly rooted; deep-seated
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
not limited to; not just ...
hostility; antagonism; opposition
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
is something that; is that which
social unrest; public anxiety
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
cannot be compared with; no match for
to get someone to say; to make someone say
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species