total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
like this; in this way; as you see
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
Arabian Nights; One Thousand and One Nights
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
password; watchword; motto; slogan
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
the last moment; the very end
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
that is to say; so that means
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
stopping at; going no further than