to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
troubled face; worried expression
intuition; instinct; hunch
carnivore; carnivorous animal
with a start; with a jump
routine; routine duties; routine work; routine
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
China; Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
manners; behavior; behaviour
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to breathe while sleeping
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
comparatively; relatively
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
leather shoes; leather boots
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
way (of doing); manner; method
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode