to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
mobilization; mobilisation
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to understand; to make out
and; thereupon; because of that
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
story; tale; talk; discussion
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
disclosure; exposure; revelation
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
impossible; unlikely; improbable
murder; killing; murderer
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
vacant post; vacancy; post in name only
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
to force one's way through
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
near; close; beside; third person
whispering into a person's ear
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard