street with streetcar tracks; street with a tram line
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
everything; anything; nothing
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
successively; one after another
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
too much; excessively; too
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
jumping about; rampancy; domination
to be prolonged; to drag on
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to cease; to stop; to be over