habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
neighbourhood; neighborhood
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
reduction by half; halving
village headman; village mayor
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
torture to death; torment to death
older brother; elder brother
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
forcibly; against one's will
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
drifting; drift; being adrift
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt