to leave half-read; to leave unfinished
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
to tire; to weary; to exhaust; to fatigue
visual hallucination; vision
monstrous apparition; terrifying creature; incomprehensible horror
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
sleeping pill; sleep medication
modern man; modern person; modernist
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
tip of a twig; tip; end; trifles; trivial matters
to creep about; to crawl around
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
on the way back; when about to go back
crossroads; crossing; intersection; street
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump
to be common (of things or occurrences); to be commonplace; to be found everywhere
madness; insanity; madman; mania; craze; obsession
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to count; to include in the number
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
pupil; student; schoolchild
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
to talk; to chat; to chatter
great and small; in detail; all
to move around; to move about; to get around
all things in nature; the whole creation
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth