shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
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)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
question; inquiry; enquiry
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
in that manner; like that
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
go that far; to that extent
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
that is to say; so that means
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to paint (draw) a picture
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement