to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
initial investigation (by police)
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness
testimony; (verbal) evidence
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
confusion; distraction; derangement
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
understood; I see; OK; present; here
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
very much; exceedingly; extremely
(having) same family and personal name
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
festival; feast; carnival
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
and; thereupon; because of that
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
how others look at you; what others think about you
though; even if; whether ... or ...
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling