benefiting from the fame or influence of a parent; riding a parent's coat-tails
prospects of victory; chances of success
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
helper; assistant; help; assistance
venting one's pent-up anger; venting one's frustration; letting off steam
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
sympathy; compassion; pity
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
solitude; loneliness; isolation
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
accomplishment; execution
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
principal occupation; core business
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said