silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
room allocation; assignment of rooms
in person; personally; (do) oneself
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
economical; efficient; lean; compact
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
feeling of a house or a room
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
fantasy novel; fantastic tale
curse; spell; malediction
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to beat time; to mark time
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
and yet; though; when; in spite of
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
final warning; ultimatum; last notice
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to learn; to study; to take lessons in