the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
charming; fascinating; attractive
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
state of mind; (one's) mental state
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
isolation; being alone; being friendless
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
popular will; will of the people
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
innocence; being not guilty
proper; respectable; decent; honest
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
highly unpredictable; touch and go
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
such; like that; in that way