sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
every evening; night after night
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
calm; composed; cool; quiet
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
several hundred; hundreds (of)
only; merely; but; no more than
house; greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)