murder; killing; murderer
to find out; to discover; to locate
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
harmful animal; pest; vermin
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
trio; gang of three; threesome
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
(theatrical) fighting scene
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
reason for being; raison d'être
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
it's no joke; gimme a break!
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
conference room; council room
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
case worker; case officer
studies; schoolwork; classwork
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
halting (speech); faltering; stammering