to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
how; in what way; I wonder
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to speak; to hear a voice
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to become vulgar; to coarsen
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to rise; to erect; to get up