bode ill rather than well(be fraught with grim possibilities)

Big Jie Xiao Jie

Paramount courage appears like cowardice.

take one's seat according to the number on the ticket(admit oneself to be the one criticized; put somebody in its right place)

tricky and acrimony

a mansion with many courtyards and very high walls

lie in a heap(pile up like a mountain)

remove mountains(drain seas and remove mountains--exercise magic powers)

a very stupid person

First Lady (wife of US president)​

Eat sparingly because of poverty

prey upon one's country and injure the people

march to a different drummer

Exhausted

live in the world

Pointing fingers

carry out (an order) immediately

do one's utmost to please and two(stoop to flatter)

work persistently without weariness

Look around