cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
difficult to eat; unpalatable
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
handicraft; industrial art object
space (room, area, outer space)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
carving; engraving; sculpture
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
rest; break; recess; intermission
along the road; along the way