abandoned building; derelict building
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
domino (game); dominoes; domino effect
to be perturbed; to be agitated
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
two (long cylindrical things)
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
(having) same family and personal name
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
to make a speech; to address
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
ground glass; frosted glass
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
welcome!; nice to see you!
being filled with; being full of; permeation
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after