to cut; to slit; to cut open
decision; determination; resolution
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
guess; conjecture; surmise
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
come on; hurry up; chop chop; yeah; that's right; exactly
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
in deep black; in jet black
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
frequency (of occurrence)
living person; the living
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start