Vocabulary

conferring court rank posthumously

inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation

to feign illness; to pretend to be ill

to be kind to; to treat kindly

promising without due consideration

opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation

worshipping from afar

depositing blood (in a blood bank)

supporting (e.g. a government); backing up; assistance; countenance

guessing beforehand; conjecture in advance

leaping with joy; jumping about

launching out (e.g. into a career); embarking upon (something); doing with great ambition

seduction and killing

living in idleness

cruising; patrolling

consent; saying yes

expiry; dying; death

establishment of more (offices)

conferral of a posthumous rank

concealment; shelter; harboring; harbouring

obeying meekly; faithfully following (one's master)

following the lead (of); playing second fiddle (to); follower

priceless; invaluable

mothproof (finish)

under the rule of

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

bloodstained

established by a town; town-run; municipal

medium-fine (thickness of string, noodles, pencil lead, etc.); medium pointed (e.g. pen)

imported (transmitted) from China

resident in China

variegated; spotted

gaseous; gasiform

silver-plated

rubber-coated

containing honey

semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon

needle-shaped; pointed

faraway; far-off

having a cooking capacity of one liter