request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
love affair; love relationship
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
non-conforming process; noncompliant; incompatible
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
intelligence gathering; information gathering
target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
injury; inflicting bodily injury
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
police cell; place of detention; jail
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to visit; to call on; (arch.) to make a noise
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking