And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
dose; installment; instalment
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
meeting; rendezvous; romantic encounter; date
to view the past with nostalgia
entry; approach; penetration
in that way; like that; that way
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
twilight; dusk; faint light
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered