overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
real intention; true motive; true meaning
during imprisonment; while in jail
death from disease; death from illness
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
distinctive; characteristic
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
much less; to say nothing of
to walk in on; to tread upon
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
online communications; personal computer communications (esp. pre-Internet); pre-Internet online service
bizarre murder; grotesque murder
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate