to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
falling over; toppling sideways
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
one's physical safety; personal security
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
priority; order of precedence
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
divide into four pieces; one fourth
murder; killing; murderer
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
desperation; self-abandonment
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to become vulgar; to coarsen
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate