to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
tenement house; row house
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
that is to say; so that means
operation; functioning; running
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
cave; cavern; den; grotto
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to run down (stairs, etc.)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
place; room; margin; scope
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
feeling rough (of the throat); irritated
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen