fortune-telling; divination
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
starvation; famine; hunger
extermination; expulsion; destruction
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
(distant) howling; backbiting
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
wood construction; woodworking; (arch.) gardener
(within a) territory; domains
dirty things (dishes, laundry, etc.)
foreign enemy; outside invader
going around; patrol; round; tour
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
agricultural land; farmland
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to understand from experience
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill