spot; point; place; position
imposing stance; daunting pose
waist bag; belt bag; fanny pack; bum bag
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to tower over the surroundings
(metal) bar; (wooden) rolling pin
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
cache; place to hide something
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
on the net; on the Internet; on the web
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
first-class goods; A-grade product
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
subsidy; grant; subvention