rope; cord; policeman's rope
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
affidavit; deposition; testimony
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
dwelling; house; residence; address
relation; connection; relevance
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
this is why; this means; it is the case that
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
senior executive staff; upper management
arms and ammunition; weapons and ammunition
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
several people; a few people
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to look around; to survey
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
parts; accessories; components
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
trivial; not amounting to much
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post