landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
innumerable; countless; numberless
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
meanwhile; in the meantime
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
many; much; plenty; hardly
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
electricity; (electric) light
to run through; to run past
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up