if you think about it; come to think of it
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
children's story; fairy tale
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
stirring; slight movement
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to slide into; to slip into
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
interior; inside; internal
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
blowgun; blowpipe; (blowgun) dart
to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance