shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
question; inquiry; enquiry
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
in that manner; like that
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
that is to say; so that means
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
way of listening; listener
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement