promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
people; men and women; each person; everybody
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to dye; to colour; to color
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
town girl; girl raised in a town
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
association; union; guild
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to order; to command; to appoint
covert action; covert operations
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)