to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
pride; dignity; self-worth
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
advance; moving forward; progress
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
failure; mistake; blunder
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to lend an ear to; to listen to
being bunched up together; being crowded together
prospects of victory; chances of success
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
death in battle; death on the battlefield
heaps of corpses all around
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
sincere; earnest; serious
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
to collapse; to flop (onto)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend