advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
secret story; unknown episode
situation (turn of events) being unfavorable (disadvantageous)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
spine (of book); binding (of book)
(a place) out of one's reach
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
back seat (of a car); rear seat
losing weight; slimming; lean person
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
outline; summary; argument
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
symbolism (19th-century artistic movement)
apparent; obvious; very clear