to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
recovery; rescue; recapture
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
piece of evidence; evidence
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
to have a talk; to tell a story
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
please; somehow or other; one way or another
sexual reproduction; zoogamy
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
unqualified; without qualifications