to be too late; to be too slow
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
worst; worst-case (scenario)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
street at night; making a night journey
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected