strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
instant; moment; for an instant
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
by means of; due to; because of; according to
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
other side; opposite side; other party
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
so; like this; in this way
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder