dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to pick up; to find; to gather
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
form; shape; figure; visage
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
government; administration
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
by all means; by all costs
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
chamber (in equipment, e.g. expansion chamber, combustion chamber, etc.); chamber; room
loading; charging; filling
obviously known; open secret; clear for all to see; being found out
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to stop walking; to pause
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
drive-in (bank, cinema, etc.); roadside restaurant; rest stop
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person