before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
while; even though; despite
to become pale; to turn pale
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
letting (someone) die without helping
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
bet; wager; stake; gamble
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial