to diminish (dampen) the spirit
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to get slightly dirty (all over)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
front; frontage; facade; main
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
store interior; inside of a shop
to perceive; to understand
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
that is to say; so that means
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
business; trade; operations; sales
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
metal fittings; metal fixtures
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
business hours; opening hours; office hours
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
removal; dismantling; detaching
considerably; fairly; quite
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
dispersing; breaking up; running away
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up