to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
looks; personal appearance; features
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to follow another's example