skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
to lie down; to throw oneself down
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
real experience; actual observations
to be damaged; to receive damage
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
calamity; disaster; accident
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
basis for decision; evidence for judging
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
having said that; on the other hand
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
to subsist; to keep on living
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation