failure; abortive (attempt, action)
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
unsettled; pending; unresolved
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
Claire; Clare; Clerc; Klaern; Krehl
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
one after another; in succession; in a row
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
doorkeeper; doorman; porter
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
cheerful (look); healthy (complexion)
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon