(national) capital (city); metropolis
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
about this time; about now
tollgate; tollbooth; tollhouse
electronic toll collection system; ETC
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
I don't give a damn; that's got nothing to do with me
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
child lock; child safety lock
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
lock; lock (in rugby); lock forward
function; facility; faculty; feature
supplementary explanation
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
modern civilization; modern world
check station; checkpoint
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting