liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
(fish) climbing (swimming) up waterfall
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
to go ahead; to pull ahead
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
little finger; pinky; little toe
grains; lumps; granulated; lumpy; bumpiness
gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
first-rate; finest quality; the best
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
chicken bones; chicken carcass
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
damp; moist (negative nuance)
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed