rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
extraterrestrial life; ET
longing for; burning desire
near oneself; close to one; familiar
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
bedside; near one's pillow
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
instrumental duet; instrumental duo
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
flare skirt; flared skirt
neat and clean; tidy; trim
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable