medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
victim; injured party; sufferer
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
witnessing; observing; sighting
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
Nola (Italy); Nora; Norah
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
potato chips; potato crisps
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to subsist; to keep on living
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to die; (lit.) to become bones
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
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)
to indicate; to show; to point to
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)