fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
when it becomes; when it comes to
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
scoundrel; rascal; villain
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
matter of time; question of time
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of