dead of night; shades of night; black of night
foolish; imbecile; feebleminded
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
light and darkness; light and shade
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
secretly; covertly; tacitly
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
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; road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)
dark figure (esp. of crime); dark number; hidden figure; difference between the actual and reported figure
dark line (in a spectrum); absorption line
subterranean drain; culvert; conduit
implicit meaning; tacitly understood meaning