eight (long cylindrical things)
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
vigilante; member of a vigilante group
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to that degree; to that extent; that much
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
how; in what way; by what means
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
looking pale; looking unwell
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to cause a person trouble
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
distress; wretched condition
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
several people; a few people
to fall off; to tumble down
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance