nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
present continuous tense; present progressive form
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
trembling from fear; trembling all over
single word; a few words; brief comment
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
pro wrestling; professional wrestling
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
to join together; to combine; to join up
successively; one after another
opposite side; other side; other party
observation; survey; watching
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...