rising; ascending; climbing
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
interior; inside; internal
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
that; the matter in question
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to shake; to sway; to waver
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
you (plural); all of you; you all
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
people; men and women; each person; everybody
just one person; only one
to take someone's life; to kill someone
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless