underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
letter by letter; character by character
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to finish reading; to read through
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
eloquent; glib; talkative; smooth talker; glib talker
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong; self-centred; self-centered
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to forget to say; to forget to mention
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)
quiver (of arrows; cylindrical)
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; overturning; toppling
to decide; to determine; to judge