strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to hide; to keep to oneself
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to have a hard time of it
at once; immediately; right now
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
had better ...; had better not ...
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
objection; dissent; protest
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less