to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
every month; each month; monthly
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to let slip; to slide; to glide
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
enough is enough; no further!
orphanage; children's home; foster home
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
as a child; when one was a child
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to get out of bed; to show a leg
to care for someone; to look after someone
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match
strategy meeting; council of war
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate