moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
serious wound; serious injury
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
joint; seam; joining point
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to part left and right; to open out
right side; right-hand side
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to come to bloodshed; to see bloodshed
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
vitality; (one's) life force
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
if it is (the case that ...)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to torture to death; to toy with (someone) until dead; to inflict a slow and painful death
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze