ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
that's the way it is; such is life
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to shake one's head (in denial)
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to cry (noisily); to wail; to sob
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
estate sale; estate liquidation
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign