beach; seashore; seaside; coast
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
long; drawn-out; very long
way of talking; speaking style
one large ...; a great ...
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
consent or refusal; yes or no; decision to accept or decline; up or down (vote); assent or dissent; accept or reject
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to continue (going along some trend)
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to put to trial; to argue in court
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
pardon; remission; amnesty
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
death penalty; capital punishment
surpassing everything; better than anything; to be better than anything
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
recompense; indemnity; atonement
discipline; punishment; reprimand
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)