The Hidden Staircase[14] 🌬

Front 1

official praise for a person in the armed forces for brave actions:

Back 1

a citation for bravery

Hint 1

The four soldiers are to receive citations from the president for their brave actions.

Front 2

​in a very serious and sincere way

Back 2

He gazed earnestly into my eyes.

Front 3

to reply to somebody by trying to prove that what they said is not true

Back 3

But I was standing right here!’ he countered.

Hint 3

I tried to argue but he countered that the plans were not yet finished.

Front 4

(of an excuse or explanation) reasonable and likely to be true

Back 4

Her story sounded perfectly plausible.

Hint 4

The only plausible explanation is that he forgot.

Front 5

the fact of seeming to see or hear somebody/something that is not really there, especially because of illness or drugs

Back 5

High temperatures can cause hallucination

Hint 5

Was the figure real or just a hallucination?

Heathcliff starts hallucinating Cathy's image everywhere.

Front 6

in an angry or sulky way, especially because you cannot have or do what you want

Back 6

Oh, these doctors she said pettishly

Front 7

if a word or name is on the tip of your tongue, you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it

Back 7

Her name is on the tip of my tongue.

Hint 7

Oh, what was that movie called? It's on the tip of my tongue

Front 8

large in amount, value or importance[ considerable]

Back 8

substantial sums of money

Hint 8

a substantial change

Front 9

a thing that you buy and/or keep to remind yourself of a place, an occasion or a holiday; something that you bring back for other people when you have been on holiday

Back 9

I bought the ring as a souvenir of Greece.

Hint 9

a souvenir shop

Front 10

​if you speak hoarsely, your voice sounds rough and unpleasant, especially because you have a sore throat (= a painful throat because of an infection)

Back 10

"I found something"!! she said hoarsely