optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
anything and everything; just about everything
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
silence; stillness; quietness
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to crouch; to squat; to cower
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
contract; compact; agreement
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill