to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
(leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to be to the point; to be pertinent
short and fat; pudgy; stocky
murder; killing; murderer
trio; gang of three; threesome
reason for being; raison d'être
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible
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
studies; schoolwork; classwork
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
good-looking; fair; beautiful
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to ask a question; to ask questions
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
grey moustache; white beard
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
baton (of command); order; command; direction
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
order; sequence; procedure
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to check; to stop; to keep back
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)