class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
how many people; a number of people
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
had better ...; had better not ...
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
you could say that; that might be so
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
pregnancy; conception; gestation
time; season; period; phase; stage
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
January; first month of the lunar calendar
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
pointing out; identification
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky