restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
remaining silent; keeping secret
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
police cell; place of detention; jail
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
observation; survey; watching
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
front; frontage; facade; main
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
for example; for instance; e.g.
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
most of all; extremely; supremely
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
reason; cause; circumstances
same kind (race); homogeneousness
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit