entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
retainer; vassal; servant
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
at the window; by the window; next to the window
rattan chair; cane chair; wicker chair
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
in a tousled manner; in a ruffled fashion; in a disorderly manner; with a fluster; confusedly; messily
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
gentle; mild; meek; tender
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation