counter for generations; epoch
drifting; drift; being adrift
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
balcony; Spanish bar; Spanish-style restaurant with a counter, serving food, alcoholic drinks, and coffee
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
end; close; conclusion; termination
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
gossip; corner of the mouth
to pull in (fish); to land
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to correct oneself; to restate
offender; criminal; culprit
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to cry softly; to sob; to weep
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
infectious disease; infection
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
study; research; investigation
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)