former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
production; output; turning out
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
crops; agricultural produce
without; unless; have to do
to dry up completely; to become stale
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
Schmit; Schmitt; Shmidt; Szmidt
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
walking briskly; determinedly
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
going through great pains in vain
outsider; someone outside of a group
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to look down on; to condescend
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
(having) same family and personal name
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
like this; in this way; as you see
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick