to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
police officer; policeman; policewoman
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
left breast; left side of the chest
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
silicon (Si); silicone (synthetic polymer)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
inspection; examination; survey
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
to pass (of time); to elapse
section; cross section; profile
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
criminal nature; criminality
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to express (in words); to confess
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
river; stream; River; the ... river
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
(dead) body; corpse; remains
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway