hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
sea of blood; pool of blood
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
guess; conjecture; surmise
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation
number of households (houses)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
house to house; door to door
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to have an idea; to have a clue
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
settlement; solution; resolution
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as