near; nearby; not far off
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
counter for chairs or seats
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
light; faint; pale; fleeting
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
still life (painting, drawing)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
interior design; interior; upholstery
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to dye; to colour; to color
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
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)
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis