to form a line; to queue up; to line up
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
your husband; her husband
kindness; intimacy; friendship
to offer for sale; to put on the market
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
brief (amount of time); short
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to be able (to); to be possible (to)