sunlight filtering through trees
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
breathing of a sleeping person
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
improved version; revised edition; refinement
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
that day; the very same day
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
large amount of money; great cost
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
existing (type, style, form); traditional; conventional; legacy (software, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
to get slightly dirty (all over)
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
matter of time; question of time
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct