small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
to keep an eye on; to take care of
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
snub nose; pug nose; button-shaped nose; bulbous nose; cauliflower-shaped nose
to give an impression; to make an impression
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
sad to say; how sad; alas
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
second generation; second; junior
from here; from this place
three generations; three periods; third generation
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to well up; to burst; to arise
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
oversight; omission; mistake
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
remarkable; striking; obvious
number of (large) animals
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
related to; in relation to
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind