as a child; when one was a child; childhood
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to jar; to creak; to grate
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
(police) detective; criminal matter
late at night; at a late hour
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result
utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
to wring the neck; to strangle
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to strangle; to constrict
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
way; method; means; resource; course
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
to care for someone; to look after someone
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
competent; suitable; qualified
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
putting out the light; switching off the light
pale; pallid; bluish-white
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
gradually; slowly but steadily
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle