(criminal) investigation headquarters
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
arrest; apprehension; capture
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
(squad of) police; police force
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
retention; maintenance; preservation
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to surround; to crowd around
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
clear; precise; definite; distinct
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
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
the first and second; a few
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
if it is the case that ...
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up