power of the state; government authority
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
to push (something) against
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
stock (of a gun); gunstock
metal fittings; metal fixtures
three times; thrice; third (interval)
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
dust; mine dust; mineral dust; airborne particles; fine powder; particulate matter
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
tank (military vehicle); chariot
real thing; original; actual
caterpillar track; continuous track
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
womanly; ladylike; feminine
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
(walking) stick; cane; wand
top part of the head; crown; parietal region
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
pure heart; naivete; innocence
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)