- Oxford (city in England)
- Angus, a traditional county of Scotland, now a "council area"
- most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
- to remit money; remittance
- to jam; to choke; to clutch; also pr. [qia3 zhu4]
- to dictate; to recount orally
- to borrow money; to lend money
- (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure
- patience
- dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
- to insult; to humiliate; dishonor
- to arrange; to make preparations
- paradox (logic)
- posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
- custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
- 小岛 Xiǎo dǎo: 小岛 Xiao3 dao3: Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)小岛 xiǎo dǎo: 小岛 xiao3 dao3: isle
- clothesline
- bird
- New York Times (newspaper)
- best-seller; best-selling book; blockbuster
- 榜 bàng: 榜 bang4: (literary) oar; (metonym) boat; (literary) to whip; to flog; Taiwan pr. [beng4]榜 bǎng: 榜 bang3: notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
- to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
- writings; writing style
- usage (of a term); wording; phrasing
- to replay; to play back
- to force; to compel; to coerce
- agreement; pact; protocol; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- reason; rationality; rational
- lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent
- to feel sad
- to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
- cigarette; cigar
- to tie up one's hair; (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
- long; endless; boundless
- to blurt out
- equivalent; yield