brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
view; opinion; finding; findings
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
(not so) much; (not) very
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
without (uttering) a single word; without (giving) even the slightest response
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
with these words; while saying
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
way; method; means; resource; course
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
utmost limits; extremity; limit
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
difficult to ...; hard to ...