shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
theatre; theater; playhouse
to add (to); to add on; to append
terse; concise; simple and clear
God; god; ace; king; superior person
face; looks; vestiges; trace
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
danger; peril; hazard; risk
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
back street; back alley; slums
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
land near a castle; castle town
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people