query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
sad to say; how sad; alas
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
from the viewpoint of; according to
otherwise; if not; or else
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
older brother; elder brother
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize