party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
your highness; your grace; your eminence
excess; surplus; superabundance
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
duty; function; office; mission; task
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to triumph; to be elated with success
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
shoulder rub; shoulder massage
outside of; not covered by
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
already; now; no longer; not any more
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to put one's strength into
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate