corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
phantom; vision; illusion
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
no!; no no!; no, not at all
contradiction; inconsistency
rational; reasonable; logical
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
round shape; circle; circular form
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to make one's heart flutter
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)
lying face down; lying on one's face; lying prostrate
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
police cell; place of detention; jail
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
every evening; every night