wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
(period of) a year; during an era
environment; circumstance
such; like that; that sort of; very
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
in accordance with; according to
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
before the gate; in front of the gate
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
height (of body); stature
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly