to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
truce (during a children's game); time out; King's X
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
for your information; I'm telling you
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
smooth and flat (e.g. of a prepubescent girl)
as one had hoped; as one wishes
foreword to a collection of poems; preface; explanatory notes; captions
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
since when; from when; how long
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
all (there is); as long as there is
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
decoration; ornament; trimmings
stupid idiot; fool; moron
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
loose; promiscuous; quick; brisk; rash; thoughtless
nothing but; except; no more than
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
one by one; one at a time; in turn
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once