to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
vitality; (one's) life force
demon of ill health; disease
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable
external wound; (physical) trauma
physical evidence; material evidence
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to beat time; to mark time
to take someone's life; to kill someone
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
whispering into a person's ear
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
plainclothes police officer
messenger; envoy; emissary
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
by sheer strength; by brute force
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
type of illegal loan charging 10% interest every 10 days; dealt hand consisting of 1-point cards and one single 10-point card
to smile broadly; to grin widely
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
care; precaution; guarding; caution
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining