cunning; crafty; wily; sly
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
frequent; densely packed; thick
kitchen; financial situation
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
flattery; sycophancy; adulation
order; command; directions; instructions
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to assemble; to set up; to construct
the way one works; one's working manner
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
horseplay; fooling around
mistaken idea; misunderstanding; wrong impression
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
tedious; boring; being fed up with
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture