Vocabulary

to be familiar

to hear of; to learn of

to make inquiries; to refer to

to listen to in an ecstasy

to ignore; to overlook

to hear all about

to hear (secondhand)

to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

to hear; to catch (the sound of something)

reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience

reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to distinguish; to tell (the difference) by hearing; to hear the difference (between)

to fail to hear; to miss

to find fault with

to have a smattering knowledge of

Fire Horse (43rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)

however; but

however; nevertheless

in all; in total; collectively

to consider together

to use jointly; to use at the same time

moreover; furthermore

Pinyin (Chinese romanization system)

occurring simultaneously

parallel railways

classifying together

reading (two or more books, etc.) at the same time; subscribing to multiple newspapers

complication (in illness)

having both (at the same time); possessing together

military power

soldier; tactician; strategist

branch of the army

fire caused by war

ravages of war

military academy; service academy

tactician; strategist

arms proliferation

armory; armoury

armorer; armourer