sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
living together; communal life; cohabitation
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
forced laugh; forced smile
to jump up and down; to hop
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
chopping board; cutting board
with a click; with a snap
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
daily food; regular diet; staple food
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
practice; practising; experience
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to have meaning; to be meaningful
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
etc.; et cetera; and so on
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
hiding one's embarrassment
without cause; without reason
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone