change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to give permission to marry
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
three sides; small offering stand
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
supervising a translation
Near Threatened (conservation status); NT; New Testament; nuchal translucency
village along a (large) river
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
multiplication table; times table
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
joint translation (translation carried out by more than one person)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
turmoil; chaos; confusion
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation