carving; engraving; chiselled features
timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
to run up to; to rush over
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
abandoned building; derelict building
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
rather than; more ... than ...
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
expectation; anticipation; forecast
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to walk away; to walk off
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal