crime; criminal act; offence; offense
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
how; in what way; how about; questionable
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
guerrilla warfare; unconventional warfare
to try to do; to attempt to do
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to be dead; to be lifeless
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
victim; injured party; sufferer
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
script; screenplay; scenario
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
several hundred; hundreds (of)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
instability; insecurity; crankiness
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information