to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
to win favour; to win favor
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
combination; union; binding; bond
study; research; investigation
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
national border; provincial border
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
goodness; excellence; virtue
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
stirring; rousing oneself
deadly serious; deadly earnest
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
at a moment's notice; readily
difficult problem; challenge
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot