taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to mark the end; to spell the end
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to be softened; to calm down
to see well in the dark; to have good night vision
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
feeling of a house or a room
to get late; to advance; to wear on
back street; back alley; off-street
last night; yesterday evening
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work