rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
under the staircase; understairs
sharp parting remark; parting threat
to go past; to pass; to pass by
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
in the meantime; meanwhile
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
front entrance; front door
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
to surge (water or waves)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear