-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to force to do; to compel
narrator; storyteller; reciter
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
slight; insignificant; small
like this; this sort; this way
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
so slight as to be all but non-existent
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
without leaving any trace
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
floor above; floor upstairs
to call a person's attention (to)
patrol car; police car; squad car; cruiser
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
two people riding together (on a bike, etc.); riding double
street at night; making a night journey
worst; worst-case (scenario)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
arrestee; person arrested
to be relieved; to feel relieved
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to talk together; to chat together
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
just who do you think you are?