to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
prefatory words; epigraph
memory; sense; experience
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
madness; craziness; insanity
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
psychiatry; psychiatric department
inside; interior; inner part
to give an impression; to make an impression
scholarly; scholastic; academic
condition; figure; appearance; voice
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to increase; to add to; to augment
middle of the night; dead of night
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to be absorbed in reading
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of