Ride and rain

This is indeed a serious matter.(This in no small matter.)

a feast in which figures every delicacy from land and sea

The leadership and the rank and file are of one mind.

As the arm directing the fingers -- command with ease as one wishes

nine out of ten(nine times out of ten)

small difference

a landscape of lakes and mountains(the river and mountain scenes)

raise one's sword and make a cut

be at a loss(not to know what to do)

Fastidious but incompetent

Trouble is brewing close at hand.

Wait for flaws

the beauty of the mountains and rivers(the mountain and river scenes)

to be good at understanding others (idiom)

lifeless

ascend to the heaven or descend to earth

search for chapters and pick sentences

Take it easy, don't make a fuss.

snobbish(too vulgar to be endured)