assistance; backing; support; aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
circulation; dissemination
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
not necessarily so; is not always true
real experience; actual observations
prohibited item; banned item
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
complicated and mysterious
leader; central personage
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
reading too much into (what ... says)
having said that; on the other hand
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to appear all together; to be all present
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
authority; power; influence
according to plan; as planned; on target
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea