inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
like a part of the family
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
to be perturbed; to be agitated
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
scene; spectacle; sight; view
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
evening; night; nighttime
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
speech; expression; wording; language
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
shades of evening; dead of night
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye