investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
chief (of police); head (of office)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to be confused; to be baffled; to be dumbfounded; to be bewildered; (lit.) to be bewitched by a fox
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to kill by burning to death
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
about this time; about now
charred; burnt black; scorched black
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
what's what; heads or tails
you (plural); all of you; you all
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to be found; to be discovered
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety