GLOSSARY "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" CHAPTER 7

-BALCONY: A gallery that projects over the main floor in a theatre or auditorium.

-BULLET: An object resembling a projectile in shape, action, or effect.

-CHASE: To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake.

-NUDGE: A gentle push.

-REGAIN: To recover possession of something lost or taken away.

-PITIFUL: Filled with pity or compassion.

-FROWN: To wrinkle the brow, as in thought or displeasure.

-SLUMP: To fall or sink heavily.

-DISTORT: To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts.

-SCAMPER: To run or go lightly and quickly.

-BELOVED: Dearly loved.

-CLATTER: A rattling sound.

-STOCKY: Solidly built.