useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
exaltation; emotional uplift
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
deep affection; dear; beloved
one's whole heart; everything one feels
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
trembling or quavering voice
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
rebellious phase; rebellious age
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
finally; in the end; on top of all that
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing