drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
silence (not speaking); muteness
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to triumph; to be elated with success
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to not take seriously; to take lightly
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
remnants of a defeated army
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to take a breath; to take a short rest
excitement; stimulation; agitation; pride; haughtiness; arrogance
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
unimportant details; inessentials
with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
link; directory entry; rink
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
stocktaking; inventory count; faultfinding
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck