after a long time; for the first time in a while
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
baseboard; skirting board
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to hold fast; to protect to the end
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
confirmation; certification; ascertainment
late at night; small hours of the morning
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
troublesome; annoying; complicated
in that manner; like that
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
blunder; slip; error; error
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
a little bit; a little while
maid; helper; help; assistance
to be smeared; to be covered
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
shoji (paper sliding door)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry