shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
corridor; hallway; passageway
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
extensive; spacious; vague; hazy
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
living alone; solitude; solitary life
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
alone; by oneself; on one's own