loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
one's real father; natural father; biological father
foster father; adoptive father
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
day after day; day by day
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
slight increase; marginal rise
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
that; the matter in question
day by day; every day; by the day
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
ending up right back where one started
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
Western-influenced; occidental-looking; exotic; (lit.) smelling of butter
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
first thing in the morning
good performance; good work; great success
to scrape off; to shave off
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor