railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
the reverse; other side; lining
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
beyond that point; after that
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to bungle; to make things awkward
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
like this; in this way; as you see
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be detained; to take time
tacit; unspoken; implicit
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
several shots; several blows