pale; pallid; bluish-white
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
news; word; tidings; omen
disadvantageous; long (odds)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
innumerable; countless; numberless
without omission; in full
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
support; backing; aid; assistance
horse gait; way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)
covering; protection; backing; relief
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
god of death; death deity; Death
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
most of all; extremely; supremely
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only