commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
incident; affair; happening; event
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
narrow; thin (sized); slender
to eagerly look forward to
no!; no no!; no, not at all
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
shopping; purchased goods
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
negotiations; discussions; connection
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
(another's) daughter; young lady
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere