method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
appearance; figure; shape; form
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to sniff out; to get wind of
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
with these words; while saying
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of