department store; department
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
tedious; boring; being fed up with
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
as you can imagine; as imagined
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
to be roasted; to be parched; (arch.) to be irritated; (arch.) to be annoyed
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted