to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
without cause; without reason
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
assistance; backing; reinforcements
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to walk away; to walk off
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(your, his, her) daughter
probability; likelihood; chances
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to say; to be called; to do
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
physical evidence; material evidence
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
himself; yourself; herself
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste