area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
soon; before long; in the near future
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
servant; manservant; menial
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
village headman; village mayor
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
vertical furrow (between the eyebrows)
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
scar; spasm; twitch; cramp
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
(adding) fuel to the fire
urgency; exigency; emergency
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
daughter (esp. of someone of high standing); (another's) daughter
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child
single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby
to kill; to beat to death
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer