futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
door; gate; opening; title page
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
single word; a few words; brief comment
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
illegitimate child; secret love child
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
corridor; hallway; passageway
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
whichever one chooses; either way
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
stunning; electrifying; striking; eye-popping; brilliant
incident; affair; happening; event
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising