bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
restoration; repair; mending
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
no, not like that (but like this)
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
changing cell phone models
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
long hair (usu. of a man)
surely; certainly; without doubt
job application form; employee satisfaction
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to flare up; to burst into flames
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to get slightly dirty (all over)
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary