residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
fourth day of the month; four days
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(not so) much; (not) very
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
buying price; cost price; purchase price
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
ability; performance; efficiency
maintaining the status quo
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
scale; scope; plan; structure
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
in proportion to; just as much as