my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to split; to be split; to splinter
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
ding; chime (sound of a bell or a small gong)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
appointment; assignment; promotion
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
going through; going via; going by way of
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
directly; in person; firsthand
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
all night long; all through the night
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly