NOUNS FROM THE GARNETT TRANSLATIONS OF CHEKHOV
Scott Garson
Keyhole: Bend and you see right through. Feel a little air in your eye.
Countenance: Faces, stiff with cold, flexed in forthright expression.
Dissipation: Let’s call this allure of collapse.
Valise: Glow of red velvet.
Hasp: Snap.
Footsteps: Tick-tock.
Passage: What does paraffin smell like?
Vestibule: Wrapping the head, slipping out.
Abundance: Do these colors have names?