to distract one's attention
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
policing (an area, etc.) by oneself; protecting by oneself; cautioning oneself; taking care; local government police; municipal police
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
strange; rare; novel; curious
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
sign of remorse; indication of regret
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
full dress; formal dress; uniform
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to show; to bare (the teeth)