pit of the stomach; solar plexus
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
at last your time has come; I have found you at last
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
change of voice (during puberty); break of voice
with a start; with a jump
severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
three generations; three periods; third generation
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
critical point (temperature)
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on
historical play; period drama
child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
flight; desertion; escape
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede