advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
a person without a single relative
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
beginning (of a century, etc.)
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
to get scarce; to run short
charcoal; charred remains
bald mountain; bare mountain; treeless hill
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
that country; (arch.) nirvana
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago