iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to feel; to sense; to experience
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
in this way; thus; such; uh...
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
charm; incantation; spell; curse
and yet; though; when; in spite of
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
at least; at most; (even) just
door; gate; opening; title page
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate