dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to face; to go towards; to head towards
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
on and after; from ... onward; since
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
area; region; district; locality
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
good policy; wise policy; best plan
hereabouts; around there; that area
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
danger; peril; hazard; risk
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp
because of; owing to; due to
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!