projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
thereupon; shortly thereafter
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
at; in; at; when; by; with
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
black ground; black cloth
here and there; in places
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
with a click; with a snap
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
build; physique; frame; constitution
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
briskly with small steps; trotting
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
pink (colour, color); peach
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly