reef;  sunken rock;  unforeseen difficulty
 dead of night;  shades of night;  black of night
 imbecility;  feeblemindedness;  dark
 secretly;  covertly;  tacitly
 light and darkness;  light and shade
 suspicion will raise bogies;  once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious;  jumping at shadows
 memorization;  memorisation;  learning by heart
 (theatrical) blackout;  taking a (sudden) turn for the worse;  rapid deterioration
 implicitly;  indirectly;  tacitly;  by implication;  obscurely
 dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
 dark;  gloomy;  somber;  depressing
 dark;  gloomy;  black;  doleful;  discouraged;  disappointed
 subterranean drain;  culvert;  conduit
 dark place;  unlit spot;  darkness
 secret language;  code word;  argot
 scent of a flower floating about in the air;  lingering scent of a flower in the darkness
 secretly;  covertly;  tacitly
 dark hole;  idiot;  fool;  historical road
 dark figure (esp. of crime);  dark number;  hidden figure;  difference between the actual and reported figure
 subterranean drain;  culvert;  conduit