comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
everything; anything; nothing
knowing; (an) acquaintance
link; directory entry; rink
affidavit; deposition; testimony
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); inedible; uneatable; unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together
anything and everything; just about everything
to dry up completely; to become stale
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
in a drenched manner; moistly; affectionately; fondly; slowly; at ease
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to wring the neck; to strangle
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
otherwise; if not; or else
offender; criminal; culprit
double room (e.g. at a hotel)