to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
curiosity; inquisitiveness
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
conviction; belief; confidence
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to have an eye on; to zero in on
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
about when; about what time; how soon
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
question; inquiry; enquiry
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to ask a question; to ask questions
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
in advance; beforehand; previously
worst; worst-case (scenario)