to run through; to run past
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
clanging; empty; deserted
pitch dark; total darkness
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
with a clashing or clanging sound
other side; opposite side; other party
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
dark elf (fictional race)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
haughty; holding one's head high
to prostrate oneself before