inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
tail (animal); tail end; tip
thoroughly; through and through
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
discovery; detection; finding
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
arm; skill; efforts; ability
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
trypophobia (fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
divide into four pieces; one fourth
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)