murder; killing; murderer
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
name; given name; first name
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
unfortunately; regrettably
to concern; to be related
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
wasted effort; fruitless effort; vain efforts
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
what kind of; what sort of; what
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
X mark (indicating an incorrect answer, disagreement, cancellation, etc.)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
occupation; calling; livelihood
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
by means of; due to; because of; according to
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
discovery; detection; finding