unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
had better ...; had better not ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
after a long time; for the first time in a while
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
difficult to ...; hard to ...
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
front; frontage; facade; main
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to begin shooting; to shoot out
to spring at; to leap upon
dozens; scores of; decades
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)