total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
pistol; handgun; revolver
tranquilizer gun; tranquiliser gun
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to fly around; to scatter
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
remembrance; recollection; recognition
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
hostility; animosity; enmity
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
next; secondly; subsequently
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to stare back at; to look back at
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to