mental derangement; madness; insanity
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to pull one's hair back into a bun
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
(commander, visiting dignitary) going on board (warship, plane)
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
putting an entire family to death
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic
book nut; bibliomaniac; bookworm
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
one's condolences; feelings of sympathy
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
to be prolonged; to drag on
consternation; falling into a panic; fluster; confusion; dismay; discomfiture
something rolled in paper; paper roll; cigarette
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
the real criminal; true culprit