start off and finish

have everything one expects to find

a small opinion that might be suggestive

von sich selbst beglückt sein(selbstzufreiden sein)

have nothing to take from in one

sich mit Leib und Seele der Gemeinschaft widmen

Can do nothing

completely not heard from

waving a feather fan and wearing a kerchielf with a green silk ribbon

identify

make foreign things serve China

start something but fail to carry it through

pitch-dark(be entirely ignorant of)

dacker(waddle; hesitate)

complain against heaven and bear grudge against men

from the outside to the inside(from the surface to the centre)

see with half an eye

cease fire

persuade through reasoning(convince somebody by sound argument)

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