bento; Japanese box lunch
step-up; advance; progress; increase
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
reality; actuality; hard fact
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
imagination; supposition; guess
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
soldier; combatant; warrior
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
in person; personally; directly
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; dear me!; thank God!
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate