immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
man; male; masculine gender
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
the same generation; coeval
full dress; formal dress; uniform
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
at once; immediately; right now
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
interior design; interior; upholstery
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
influential person; man of importance
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to