to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to wring the neck; to strangle
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
anything and everything; just about everything
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
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)
for a while; for some time; for a period
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
person requiring special attention; person to be wary of; person under (police) surveillance; dangerous person
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
scratch marks on the neck of a body (indicating a struggling victim of strangulation)
murder-suicide; forced double or multiple suicide
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
had better ...; had better not ...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
police officer; policeman; constable
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy