trio; gang of three; threesome
proposal; proposition; suggestion
in search of; in order to look for
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
personal; individual; private
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
secret; private; surreptitious
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
on the occasion of; at the time of
spatial structure; structural arrangement
independent action; acting alone
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
how many people; a number of people
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to set (sun); to become dark
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking