to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
almost; roughly; approximately
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
dozens; scores of; decades
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to overcharge; to rip off
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
to make one's rounds; to patrol
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
after that; afterwards; thereafter
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be