contrived; false-sounding
(dead) body; corpse; remains
victim; injured party; sufferer
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
detour; circumvention; turning movement
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
last days; the end; one's fate
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
cash bonus; reward; bounty
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to threaten; to make threats
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
valuable article; valuables
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to sell off; to sell completely
(person treated as a) plaything
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
class; heading; group; category
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)