academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
hedge; fence; border; limit
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
etc.; et cetera; and so on
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to be bony; to be angular
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
several weeks; a few weeks
female friend; woman friend
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
the other day; a few days ago
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
staying at home (to prevent the spread of illness, etc.); self-quarantine; self-isolation; being on furlough; being temporarily laid off
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unvirtuous girl
knowing; (an) acquaintance
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
image; figure; figure; form; image
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
president (of a society); chairman
to be injured; to sustain a wound