to jar; to creak; to grate
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to stiffen; to become stiff
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
open; spacious; extensive
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to detain; to check; to restrain
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to concur; to be the same (thought, opinion, etc.); to have the same way of doing
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
the opposite direction; the other way