primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
probe each other; sound each other out
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
simply put; putting it simply; in short
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to take someone's life; to kill someone
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
and then; and so; and; so then
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
at first; in the beginning; originally
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to knock down; to knock out
(wild) yak (Bos mutus); (domestic) yak (Bos grunniens)
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water