cowardly; timid; easily frightened
shady; underhanded; questionable
one party; one faction; one clique
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to be damaged; to receive damage
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
speech and conduct; words and deeds
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
ordinary citizen; the general public
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
real image; real form; real-life image; true picture
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
quarrel; dispute; argument
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
female farmworker; woman working on a farm; farm woman
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick