careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
Claire; Clare; Clerc; Klaern; Krehl
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
white makeup powder; (face) powder
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
one after another; in succession; in a row
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
doorkeeper; doorman; porter
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
cheerful (look); healthy (complexion)
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding
look; glance; glimpse; one stone
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to arrange; to agree (on); to prearrange
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block