guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
pomade; balm; perfumed oil
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
low tone; bass; low voice
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
form; shape; figure; visage
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
without permission; without notice
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
witnessing; observing; sighting
desperation; struggle to the death
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to chase; to run after; to pursue
reconfirmation; double check
being startled; getting a shock
coincident with; while; simultaneously