disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
furnishings; implements; equipment
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)