lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
air-permeability; breathability
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to do for (the sake of someone else)
even more; still more; further
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
tropical; tropical worsted fabric
second-hand shop; curio shop
to run a shop; to have a shop
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to be worn down; to be reduced
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to dye in different colors (colours)
triangle; triangular shape
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
(not so) much; (not) very
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated