book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
gloom; darkness; seclusion
epidemic; plague; pestilence
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
extremely; terrifically; super
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
what time; (lit.) which hour
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
melancholy air; anxious look; traces of sorrow; gloom
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
detour; circumvention; turning movement
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to set a watch; to post guards
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
intensive; concentrated; focused
tension; mental strain; nervousness
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
surprise; something unexpected
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress