agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
(not so) much; (not) very
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
bow (of boat); prow; stem
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
chartered ship; chartering or hiring a vessel
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
difficult to ...; hard to ...
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to be needed; to be wanted
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
considerably; fairly; quite
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers