to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
proposal; proposition; suggestion
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
(there is) no sign (of); leaving no trace; nowhere to be seen
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
conjurer; magician; illusionist
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down); hexagonal
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
chilly; unpleasantly cold
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
means; way; method; measure
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
anatomical model of the human body
to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
one house; the same house; detached house
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
business world; business circles
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought