betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to get angry; to lose one's temper
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to breathe out; to exhale
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
together; at the same time; same; identical
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
sunlight filtering through trees
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
here and there; in places
near; close by; within reach; familiar
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
coincident with; while; simultaneously
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect