intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
alone; by oneself; on one's own
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
superstition; superstitious belief
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
nonparticipation; nonattendance
everybody; every last one of them; all
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
participation; joining; entry
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to change (buses, boats, etc.); to transfer (to); to possess (of a god, spirit, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
not caring; not giving a damn
about this time; about now
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
winter vacation; winter holidays