letter; missive; note; mail
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
as a child; when one was a child
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
Charing Cross tube station
transportation network; transport network; traffic network
railway station; train station
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
elderly handyman; elderly manservant
again; once more; a second time
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to run out (e.g. of the room)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
(walking) stick; cane; wand