signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
want to ... do something; would like to ...
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
due form; official; formality
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
making out and being lovey-dovey
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
you (plural); all of you; you all
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
authenticity; credibility
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up