to be hot on a person's heels
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to step forward; to take a step forward
late at night; small hours of the morning
surveillance camera; security camera
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to express (in words); to confess
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
curiosity; inquisitiveness
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
accomplice; co-conspirator
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
otherwise; or else; if not
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
squad; section; (naval) division; detachment
squad leader; divisional officer
atrocious crime; heinous crime
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
to break the silence; to break one's silence
authenticity; credibility
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism
chain; series; connection; linkage
overhasty; rash; premature
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
compound fracture; complex fracture