vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
messenger; envoy; emissary
last night; yesterday evening
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
husband and wife; married couple
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
outside the country; abroad
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
elopement; running away with a lover
tough measure; firm step; strong measure
long ago; a long time ago; already
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
traitor (to one's country); quisling
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
done; just done; just finished
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account