| mutilate | to damage sth severely, to mangle |
| chateau | a large house or castle in France, a palace |
| a folly | the fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea etc., idiocy |
| a blot | a small area of ink made by mistake, a fleck |
| to lapse into sth | to start speaking or behaving in a less active or acceptable way, to pass on |
| a knock-off | a cheap copy of popular product, fake |
| to sprinkle | to drop a few pieces of drops of something over a surface, scatter |
| a flop | a complete failure, debacle |
| an abdomen | stomach |
| to sturdy | having or showing mental or emotional strenght, robust |
| furtive | done in a quite and secret way to avoid being noticed, to wing |
| to clamour | shout loudly and insistently, to demand |
| dreary | depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive, depressing |
| mortification | umartwianie się, embarrassment |
| to hover | to float in the air without moving in any direction, concealed |
| to surmount | to deal with a problem or situation successfully, to vanquish |
| frothy | full or covered with a mass of small bubbles |
| an enunciating | pronouncing sth clearly |
| an armband | a band worn around a person's arm upper arm to hold up a shirt sleeve or to identify sb |
| to squint | look at sb or sth with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly |
| a butler | the chief manservant of a house |
| cowardly | lacking courage |
| to squirm | wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness |
| to mutter | to speak quietly and in a low voice |
| an ashtray | a small dish or container, sometimes decorative, in which people can leave cigarette ash and cigaret |
| to explore | to search and discover (about something) |
| to bark | (of a dog) to make a loud, rough noise |
| a clue | a sign or some information that helps you to find the answer to a problem |
| surly | rude or bad-tempered |
| to bracket | to classify or group |
| to reconcile | to bring (oneself) to accept |
| to buckle | to give way, collapse |
| dim | negative, unfavorable, or disapproving |
| unstinting | generous |
| inert | unable to move or act |
| prurience | characterized by an inordinate interest in sex |
| to ransack | to plunder, pillage |
| muzzle | a restraint on free movement or expression |