transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
the same as always; day after day
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
relatively; comparatively
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
person's own words; personal story; direct quote
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
witnessing; observing; sighting
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances