large amount of money; great cost
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
revolutionary; child of the revolution; man of revolutionary temperament
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
almost completely empty; virtually empty
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
electromagnetic interference; radio interference
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
like this; in this way; as you see
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
very rich person; the super rich
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
river; stream; River; the ... river
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else