town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
transport; transportation
railroad; railway; rail transport
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
3000; three thousand; many
within a pit or (mine) shaft
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
departure; leaving; going away; recession
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
head; brains; intellect; understanding
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901); Boxer Uprising; Yihetuan Movement
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to despair of; to see the vanity of
(one acting as a) foster parent
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
programme; program; plans; arrangements
business; errand; nature of one's business
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
every single word and phrase; word by word
every place; various places
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
dragon's den; auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)
mountain worship; religion that worships mountains as sacred
all things in nature; the whole creation