skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
distribution of electricity
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
it's not like; it isn't as if
stale; hackneyed; cliched
to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
unruly (e.g. of a child); unyielding; disobedient; strong-willed
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
arrogant; insolent; disdainful
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
general public; the masses
came here; coming here; recently
to stare back (at); to glare back
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
preaching down; breaking down somebody's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
long; drawn-out; very long
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly