They can't mean to starve me to death. A new-born fear passed through his mind that this might, perhaps, be one of those "pretty ways" of making a prisoner speak, which had been attributed to Boris.
He feared that he would be starved into speaking.
He was afraid they were poisoning his food.
Jon drew his pistol and shot the man in the chest.
Well, unfortunately no conclusion has been made.
They kept silent all the time, afraid of making a sound.
Poirot faced us.
After he retired from a certain job he took a different job and also took advantage of the early retirement deal that has two salaries.
High schools are tiny and never reach the size of a community.