bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to half-rise to one's feet
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
to sniff out; to get wind of
professional killer; hit man
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
door; gate; opening; title page
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
pistol; handgun; revolver
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)