standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
tense relationship; tense relations; strained relations; strained ties; tension
each individual; each person
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb); suspicious substance
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
degenerate; pervert; deviant
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
unusual; exceptional; phenomenal