advantage; benefit; profit; interest
commitment; pledge; promise
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
finger flick to the forehead
simple honesty; tactless frankness
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to have (something) innate; to be born with
descendant; posterity; offspring
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
rule; reign; government; governing
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
sincere; earnest; serious
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
determination; resolution
to harm; to cause harm to
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
shellfish; seashell; shell
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation