to indicate; to show; to point to
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
establishment; settlement
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
two times; twice; two degrees
three times; thrice; third (interval)
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
bedside; near one's pillow
society; the world; the times
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to grow up; to become an adult
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
a long time ago; in those days
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
in the meanwhile; during the time
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization