forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
empirical; from experience
unexpected result; upset; surprise
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
light rain; rain falling at a time of sadness; condoling rain
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
all night; throughout the night
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
aluminium can; aluminum can
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
distance across; diameter
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location