strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
threshold; breaking point
nine parts; nine percent; almost
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to raise one's voice; to shout
apologies for the crude food
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to surge (water or waves)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
extremity; end; bound; limit
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
new and old; incoming and outgoing
roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge