horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to peel; to skin; to pare
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to face on; to look out on to
to kick over; to kick down
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to grimace; to make a wry face
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to push aside; to brush aside
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
one's own property; possessions
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
groundless rumor (rumour)
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to take a breath; to take a short rest
caller; visitor; company; guest
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to refuse; to decline; to deny
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
each house; every house; many houses
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)