to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to increase; to add to; to augment
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to use and then throw away
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
removing one's hat; admiring (someone) greatly; taking one's hat off to
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
postwar period; period after Second World War
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to refuse; to decline; to deny
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to come from; to have roots in
(only) one option; one possible choice
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
subversion (of the state)
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to become hoarse; to become husky
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
deliverables; delivered product
non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; external path
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
captive; prisoner (of war)