darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
even though; despite; when
these guys; these fellows
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to harm; to cause harm to
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
three; three years of age
simultaneously; all at once; in unison