supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to stop in the middle of a sentence
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
career enhancement; improving one's career prospects
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
political situation; political affairs
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to regard someone with odium; to look at someone with reproach
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
not yet known; unknown; strange
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
magnetism; magnetic force
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
this, that and the other; this and that
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
armory; armoury; ordnance department
hoarding; storing away (without using)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
it hasn't been long since
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
poisoning; kill by poison