handrail; railing; banister
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
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
strong interaction; strong force
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; anyhow; one way or another
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
breath; breathing; tone; mood
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
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; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer