dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to push away; to push aside; to shove
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
open; public; official; overt
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
political measures; policy
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to offer for sale; to put on the market
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
resentment; indignation; anger
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to lose sight of; to miss
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone