holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to be worried; to be troubled
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to throw open; to leave open
clumsiness; stupidity; blunder
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to go crazy; to lose one's mind
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
letter; missive; note; mail
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick