room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
such ... as; or some such
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to jar; to creak; to grate
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place