lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to run about trying to escape
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
the scruff or nape of the neck
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
all over; all over the place; everywhere
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
to compete with; to vie for
labor; labour; manpower; working force
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
laughingstock; object of ridicule
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to go ahead; to pull ahead
tense relationship; tense relations; strained relations; strained ties; tension
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
curse; spell; malediction
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
looking or acting as if one owned the place
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
magic sword; cursed sword
Far East Network; network of American military radio and television stations in East Asia
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound