to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
furnishings; implements; equipment
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
remarkable; striking; obvious
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell