to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
document; official papers
opening and shutting; opening and closing
don't worry about it; forget about it
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to focus on; to bring into focus
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
reputation; respectability
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
(crime of) abandonment of a corpse; abandoning a dead body