penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
to colour; to color; to grow lively; to become excited; to waver; to show uneasiness
a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; (lit.) even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream
meal (ground grain); Mir (Russian space station; 1986-2001); mir (peasant village community in Imperial Russia)
three kinds; three varieties
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
Morse code (esp. signalling)
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
to fit (inside something)
I can't die and leave things this way
one's days and nights being reversed
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery (of money, clothing, belongings); holdup; mugging
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
maintaining contact (with); keeping in contact (with); keeping in touch (with); introducing (unacquainted people); getting acquainted (with one another)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
in history; ever; historical
atrocity; (arch.) treason
reprisals; retaliatory measures
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
revisiting; visiting again
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price