strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to understand; to make out
scrap; (small) piece; unimportant (person); petty ...; humble ...
to provide; to arrange; to install
pointing out; identification
forgetting; lapse of memory
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
cannot be helped; unavoidable
main library; central library
middle of the night; dead of night
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
declaration of a state of emergency
going around; patrol; round; tour
police officer; policeman; constable
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
suspicious character (person, figure)
the place for; the time for; the level of
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
modern architecture; modernist architecture
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting