darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to face on; to look out on to
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
two (long cylindrical things)
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
measurement round the hips
utmost limits; extremity; limit
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
to tighten; to press hard
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
excess; surplus; superabundance
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
woman; female; feminine gender
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally