absence; disregard; indifference
to raise one's voice; to shout
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
original story; original version; this volume
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
covering; protection; backing; relief
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)