invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
breath; breathing; tone; mood
in error; by mistake; by accident; accidentally
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
relatively; comparatively
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
solution; solution strategy
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
light (e.g. colour, color)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
commitment; pledge; promise
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to lose sight of; to miss
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)