well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
settlement; solution; resolution
expression; look; countenance; face
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
goodness; excellence; virtue
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
curse; spell; malediction
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
speculation; thinking; meditation
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to become fraught with emotion
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
(medical) doctor; physician
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
effect; result; worth; use; avail
villain; baddie; the villain's part