amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to be dampened (of one's enthusiasm, enjoyment, etc.); to be reduced; to be weakened; to be spoiled
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
mockery; derision; ridicule
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
way of reciting; way of telling a story
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
(necessary) personnel; required person
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
comfort; consolation; diversion
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
powerful army; strengthening of the military
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself