art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
while; during; while; although; all; both
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
old age; old person; the old; the aged
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
edge of town; outskirts of a village
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
society; the world; the times
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
environment; circumstance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
missing person; wanted person
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
war situation; progress of a battle
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
special; particular; peculiar; unique