hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
look!; there!; here!; that is
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
autopsy; post-mortem (examination); (coroner's) inquest; examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
scratch marks on the neck of a body (indicating a struggling victim of strangulation)
to be found; to be discovered
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to strangle; to constrict
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion