interior design; interior; upholstery
welcoming honored guests (esp. from overseas)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
furnishings; implements; equipment
to look around; to survey
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to well up; to burst; to arise
to stiffen; to become stiff
going home from work; on the way home from work
scenery; scene; landscape
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
being somewhat excited (agitated)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
otherwise; or else; if not
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
final; eventual; ultimate
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly