retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to faint; to be exhausted
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to worry about the future
to squeeze out; to wring out
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
not yet known; unknown; strange
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to despise; to scorn; to look down on
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
repentance; confession; penitence
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
all (there is); as long as there is
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)