deadly disease; sickness leading to death; terminal illness
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)
belief that human nature is fundamentally good
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844-1900)
representative; exemplary; model
last man (Nietzsche's archetypal passive nihilist)
just one person; only one
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
yeah; you're right; that's right
final; eventual; ultimate
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
desperately; for one's dear life
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
dynamic lift; lifting power
Pegasus (star); Pegasus (winged horse in Greek mythology)
having not the slightest idea
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond