bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
communism; Communist Party
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
pigment; paint; colour; color
walk-in closet; wardrobe room; dressing room; costume room
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to raise one's voice; to shout
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
young noblewoman; princess
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
supply; provision; raising; procurement
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to have an eye on; to zero in on
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)