to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
door; gate; opening; title page
witnessing; observing; sighting
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
in this manner; in this way; like this
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
flustered; confused; panicked
commencing with; including
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
number one; first; best; most; game; round
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
scaling; climbing; ascending
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to ascend; to go up; to climb
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all