to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
sons and daughters; children; girl
society; company; the public; the world
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
concealment; suppression; hiding
exactly as stated; verbatim
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
stealthily; secretly; in secret
transactions; dealings; business
to one's delight; to one's joy
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
outside of; not covered by
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
the following week; the next week
to go out and away; to leave
courteous; decorous; polite