to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
disadvantageous; long (odds)
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
established (existing) policy (procedure(s))
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
unkindness; unfriendliness
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
sudden change; sudden turn
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
official history; authorized history
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
leaving everything up to someone else
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to stay calm; to keep cool
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
bedside; near one's pillow
match declared drawn due to injury
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
audience; spectator; spectators
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
great cause; moral law; justice
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly