scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
half and half; fifty-fifty
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
going to and fro; back and forth
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
pistol; handgun; revolver
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to