to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
danger; peril; hazard; risk
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to run up to; to rush over
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man; male; masculine gender
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
surrounding at a distance
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody