figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
(how) many times; (how) often
to strangle; to constrict
to breathe out; to exhale
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to jump at; to be attracted by
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to fight; to exchange blows
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to wring the neck; to strangle
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)