victim; injured party; sufferer
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
evening; early night hours
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
sea of blood; pool of blood
to fall flat; to fall face down
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to raise one's voice; to shout
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to be surprised; to be astonished
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
finishing blow; coup de grâce