vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to approach; to draw near
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to limp; to drag one's feet
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to open (one's eyes) wide
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to be smeared; to be covered
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to be found; to be discovered
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out