to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
will not do; do not; does not
to collapse; to flop (onto)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
like this; this sort; this way
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
place; position; location; position; standing; status
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
there is nothing; having nothing
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
with a start; with a jump
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
stairs; stairway; staircase
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to boost; to force up; to push up
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed