| A | B |
|---|
| abandoned | deserted; left empty and unused |
| tenement | old, run-down apartment house |
| intently | with concentration |
| peering | looking closely |
| shuffled | dragged feet while walking |
| blues | a slow, sad form of jazz music |
| beat | rhythm |
| length | a piece of something that is long |
| loomed | appeared in a frightening form |
| hurled | threw suddenly and violently |
| clippings | pieces cut from a newspaper |
| harmonica | small musical instrument |
| lecture | a scolding; talking to |
| impromptu | unplanned |
| tentatively | in an uncertain way |
| brittle | having a hard sharp quality |
| ominous | threatening |
