bungalow; one-story house
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
complexion; colour; color; blood red
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
one's house; one's home; one's family
reception room; parlor; parlour
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
honorable certificate; honourable certificate
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
fading; faded colour; faded color
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
falsely similar; counterfeit
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997); Teng Hsiao-p'ing
to take; to catch; to capture
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)