to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
and then; and so; and; so then
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
action; operation; effect; function
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
at that time; in those days
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
pistol; handgun; revolver
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
(squad of) police; police force
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to recover consciousness; to come to
to stay calm; to keep cool
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash