The fifth child

Another thing they showed was abstemiousness = Återhållsamhet
She was pale and merged with her surroundings = Smälte samman
David drank judiciously = Med omdöme
Her face was distorted by pain = Förvridet
The dancing couples ricocheted off each other = Studsade
Garriet seemed to hover over the floor = Sväva
His gaze was contemplative and his face candid = Eftertänksam
Harriet was spoken about with contempt = Förakt
All the other women seemed enlightened = Upplysta
She had felt deficient in some way when she was around the other women = Otillräcklig
She had an unscrupulous laugh = Samvetslös
The door yielded when David pushed it = Gav efter
They built an extension to the house = Tillbyggnad
He had been working in the dogged, disciplined manner of an ambitious man = Envis
The house she was within commuting distance = Pendlaravstånd
They both stated, somewhat defiantly, that they wanted six children = Trotsigt
Standing in the room they face capacious stairs = Rymliga
The boughs in the garden were still black = Grenar
There were four rooms whose windows faced the garden = Vars (uttrycker ägande eller samband mellan rummen och deras fönster)
They had to dismantle the bed to take it out of the room = Montera ner
Harriet asked, “Why are you here?”, belligerent = Stridslysten
To be the essence of something = Kärnan