arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
progress; being under way
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
confidentially; privately; off the record
in addition to; apart from
to be erected; to be built
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
staying the night; lodging (at)
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
nod; inclination of the head
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
item; something that one "just has to have"
literature; books (reference); document
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
to explain; to dispel doubts
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit