privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
spouse; wife; husband; partner
street at night; making a night journey
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
self-righteousness; self-justified
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
everybody; every last one of them; all
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to retreat; to withdraw; to deduct
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to head home; to leave for home
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
early on; earlier on; from early
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
hard rubber (e.g. ebonite, vulcanite)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
arrest; apprehension; capture
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections