multi-level crossing (of roads to avoid intersection); two-level crossing; cloverleaf interchange; grade separation
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
overhear; happened to hear that
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
right side; right-hand side
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
dwelling; house; residence; address
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
tenement house; row house
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
existence; being; presence
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre