unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to crawl into; to work oneself into
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
(sudden) evening shower (rain)
to shine in (light); to illuminate
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
lower region; lower part; region below
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
triangle; triangular shape
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
three sides; small offering stand
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to crawl towards; to creep up to
with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation