menial; meanness; servility; abject
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to comfort; to console; to amuse
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
way; method; means; resource; course
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to say too much; to go too far
good humour (humor); good mood
surely; certainly; without doubt
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to