ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
greater than ...; bigger ...
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
gesture; sign; hand signal
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to concur; to be the same (thought, opinion, etc.); to have the same way of doing
else; in addition; besides
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
torturing to death; tormenting to death
block (of wood); chip; splinter
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
charred; burnt black; scorched black
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
mooring line; mooring rope; painter
to tower over the surroundings
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless