civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to move forward; to move on
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
retreating figure; appearance from behind
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
way out; means to escape; escape route
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
stepping back; drawing back
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
still; even now; to this day
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
charred; burnt black; scorched black
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
in proportion to; just as much as
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life