ah

still, as always, as usual, as ... as ever, same old story

confrontation, head-to-head

love and hate, mixed feelings

ambiguity, obscurity, opacity

look up at / look up to, respect / depend on, turn to for, ask for / drink, take

(taxonomy) subfamily

proof, verification / (Buddhism) enlightenment / (traditional Chinese medicine) symptoms

to reveal, to disclose / to go through the whole night, to be awake through the night

open; candid