terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to wring the neck; to strangle
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
murder; homicide; manslaughter
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
pupil; student; schoolchild
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
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 break the silence; to break one's silence
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back