friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
hidden room; secret chamber
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
vengeful ghost; avenging spirit; apparition
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
(in) her way; peculiar to her
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by
as if it were about oneself
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
one's later years; final years (in life)
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
shyness; bashfulness; shame
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
famous; noted; eminent; prominent; distinguished; celebrated
owner (esp. of a business)
Claude; Claude (large language model developed by Anthropic)
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
first thing in the morning
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
gross; disgusting; sickening
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in