to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
powerless; helpless; incompetent
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
opposite side; other side; other party
to order; to command; to appoint
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
in the morning; during the morning
even though; despite; when
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
in accordance with plans; just as planned
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
another species; other species
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)