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timor/metus
fear
strepitus/fragor
noise, racket
sonus
sound
fragor crebuit
the noise began to increase/grow widespread
vincula/catenae
chains, fetters
vigila (noun) vigilabatur (verb)
wakefulness; be awake
idolon (similar to imago)
image, specter, apparition
effigiem (simulacrum)
a likeness
legit titulum
he reads the inscription/label
poscit pugillares stilum lumen (pugillares - sicut cera)
he demands wax tablets, a stilus, a lantern
coepit advesperascere
it began to draw towards evening/grow dark
emere seu conducere
to buy or to rent
oculos, auribus, caput
eyes, ears, head
iam ut in limine (v. intra limen)
now as (if) in the threshold (of the door) (v. within the threshold)
idem quod prius
the same as before
nec moratus
and not having delayed
