living; lifestyle; living room
more than usual (usu. time)
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
ringlets (hairstyle); ringlet curls; sausage curls
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to come and go; to go back and forth
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize