event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
personal; individual; private
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
being about to cry; the verge of tears
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
female molester; stupid woman
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
history; pedigree; lineage
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
genuine article; real thing; real deal
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
walking briskly; determinedly
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
stepping back; drawing back
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove