to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
family; members of a family
form; shape; figure; visage
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
coincident with; while; simultaneously
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed