receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to bring back; to restore
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
beyond that point; after that
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
circulation; dissemination
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
drama; theatre; theater; play
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
groundless rumor (rumour)
offender; criminal; culprit
in search of; in order to look for
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
court (of law); courtroom
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury