to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to tear off; to strip; to rob
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
(how) many times; (how) often
to attack; to assault; to assail
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
to take measures (against); to take steps
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
ahead; before; the future
just because; even if; even though
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to be too late; to be too slow
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
stale; hackneyed; cliched
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to