sediment; deposit; precipitate; sludge; lees
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to be worried; to be troubled
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
disease; ailment; illness
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
such ... as; or some such
some people; a few people; several people
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
fifth day of the month; five days
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
because; the reason why is
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
home and abroad; domestic and foreign; inside and outside; interior and exterior
large number of deaths; massive fatalities
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
opposite side; other side; other party
back side; back end; posterior; rear
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
how many people; a number of people
professional job; profession
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
residence; housing; residential building
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme