boarding house; school dormitory
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
older employee who does not have much actual work
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
clerical desk; office desk
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
to think too much; to be over-concerned
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
technique; art; skill; move
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom