ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to smoke out; to flush out with smoke
selfishness; selfish motive
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
imperial authority; imperial prerogative; imperium
along; parallel to; in accordance with
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
new government; new administration
solo hiking; solo climbing; solo travel
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
your husband; her husband
horizon (related to land)
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
three times; thrice; third (interval)
ambitious plan (enterprise); grand project
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
allegiance; obedience; submission
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
speculation; thinking; meditation
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to ascend; to go up; to climb
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)