to fall into ruin; to be desolated
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
scripture; passage from scripture
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
one eye; one of one's eyes
younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
treasure house; storage for valuable property
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
all creation; all nature; all the universe
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
active; dynamic; energetic
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
pronunciation; production of sound
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
professor; teaching; instruction
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
to clamber (up); to scale
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to cut; to slit; to cut open
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state