reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
strategist; tactician; schemer
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
enumeration; citation; listing
transferable; alienable; assignable
the question remains; it comes into question
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
lifetime employment; permanent employment
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
joint venture; consortium; JV
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
already known; well-known
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of
recovery; rescue; recapture
to finish; to end; to close
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia