room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
imagination; supposition; guess
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
furnishings; implements; equipment
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
interior design; interior; upholstery
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
group; bunch; crowd; group
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
for the first time in one's life
successful person; success
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
place; position; location; position; standing; status
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
company president; manager; director
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
time; hour; period; class
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all 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)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation