in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
place; room; margin; scope
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
love affair; sensual pleasures
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
several people; a few people
to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
in the end; at the end of the day
invitation; introduction; temptation
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
confusion; distraction; derangement
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to become settled; to be fixed
reality; actuality; hard fact
confusion; mixing; merger
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)