audience (with a person of high standing)
irregular; indeterminate; tramp (steamer)
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
hometown; rural township (of China)
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to know (a person); to think
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
life or death; existence; destiny
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)