such; like that; that sort of; very
near; close; beside; third person
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
main question; real issue at hand
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish