how many years; how long; what year
firm promise; definite promise
language area of the cortex; speech centre (center)
opening fully; full throttle; full power
there is nothing; having nothing
young girl; lass; adolescent female
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
to become completely chilled
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
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 paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
running water; flowing water; stream
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
raging flames; roaring flames; raging fire
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
grandfather; male senior-citizen
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to mind; to care; to worry