wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to succeed; to bear fruit
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
failure; abortive (attempt, action)
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
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)