extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
woman; female; feminine gender
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
trouble; bother; annoyance
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
you; (arch.) your residence
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
guard; sentinel; garrison
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound