muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
black-market channels; illegal channels
transactions; dealings; business
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; soft and slippery
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to ask a question; to ask questions
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
way of asking; way of listening; listener
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to tighten; to press hard
pitching ability; counter for pitches
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability