| Words | Meaning in English |
|---|---|
| Nipped in the bud | To put an end to something before it develops |
| Corpus | Dead body |
| Grotesque | Horrible |
| Heart bleed | Feel genuine sympathy for someone |
| Gruesome | Horrible |
| Glimpse | A brief look |
| Appalling | Horrible |
| Send shivers down the spine | To make someone feel very frightened |
| Day in, day out | For an indefinite number of successive days |
| Haunt | To keep coming back in the mind to upset the person |
| Windfall | An unexpected or sudden gain |
| Wry face | Disappointed look |
| With open arms | With happiness |
| Foetus | An unborn baby |
| Give up the ghost | To die |
| Foeticide | Killing of a foetus |
| Infanticide | Killing of an infant |
| Rampant | Uncontrolled |
| Under the rose | Secretly |
| Gynaecologist | A specialist of female diseases and childbirth |
| Quack | One who pretends to be a medical practitioner |
| Under a cloud | To be under suspicion |
| Concrete | Actual; real; strong |
| Turn over a new leaf | To change for the better |
| Throw a spanner | To sabotage a plan |
| Seamy side of life | Immoral side of society |
| Take up arms | To fight |
| Up and doing | Active |
| Culprit | One who is to blame |
| Bring to book | To punish |
| Yeoman’s service | Excellent work |
| Good Samaritan | One who helps everyone |
| Argus-eyed | Careful, observant |
| Back stairs influence | By unfair means |
| Mushroom (as verb) | To grow in large number |
| By the rule of thumb | According to practical experience |
| With high hand | Very strictly |
