ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
thousands; several thousand
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
to play a leading role; to play a central part
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
tens of thousands of years
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
solution; solution strategy
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
random; unintentional; unintended
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
I don't want to boast but
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise