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to lean on; to rely upon

member of council; (literary) to take care of matters

to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop

to invite bids

to cease trading (temporarily or permanently); to close down

elderly

prosperous

to entreat; to implore; to plead

dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied; stunned

(grand) total

doorbell

memoir

close-fitting; closest (translation)

to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)

(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone

to cultivate; cultivation; to further

private; privately-owned

disabled; maimed; crippled

Mudan District of Heze City 菏泽市, Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan

secret; trick; knack

pocket money; allowance

free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely

consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force

to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way

empty; deserted

ever more critical; problems get more and more intense

surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)

mien; complexion

customs duty; tariff

industry; the world of business

to tend towards

Jeep (car brand)

as soon as; once (an action has been completed)

proof; certificate; receipt

to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition; (fig.) erroneous; eccentric

to take measurements and calculate

in all directions; all around; far and near

closely bound up (idiom); intimately related

to supply heating (in a building); heating

maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter

fame and profit

to hawk; to peddle

to change jobs; job-hopping

ancestor; forebear

to reject; to discard; to get rid of

formation

bitter; painful; deeply distressed

billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)

unilateral

to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance