plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
curfew; lockdown; grounding
several times; once or twice
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
straying; wandering (off course)
progress; advance; making (good) progress
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
training range; training grounds; training area
tips of one's hair; hair ends
unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
appearance; figure; shape; form
chestnut (horse coat color)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
word; term; language; speech
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
basket; basketball; basket cloth
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
lowly person; lowliness; I
scattered; sprinkled; sporadically; snapping (of a thread, string, etc.); breaking
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
penalty; sentence; punishment
post horse; mounted courier; express messenger on horseback; fast horse; swift horse