to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
current administration; present government
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot); forerunner; pioneer
filtration; filtering; percolation
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
(one's) grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
disturbance; riot; mayhem
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
demon of ill health; disease
tangible and intangible; material and spiritual
Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (of China; 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state; 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
emperor (of Japan); mikado
Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma
great mountain; large mountain
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
assertion; declaration; affirmation
low-ranking prison guard; hell's tormenting devils
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid