reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
movie; film; motion picture
(one) scene (in a movie, etc.)
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to do together; to share; to participate in
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to lend an ear to; to listen to
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
diagnosis; medical examination
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
in accordance with; according to
to be found; to be discovered
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
state of drunkenness; (in a) fuddle
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
curse; spell; malediction
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
first-rate; finest quality; the best
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
club activities; extracurricular activities
estimate (of costs); budget
to concern; to be related
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal