traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
bad boy; naughty child; brat
to crawl towards; to creep up to
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
history of; experience of
child; childish person; immature person
dusk; nightfall; twilight
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to grow taller (of people)
cost of one's food; one's board
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
(punishment by) striking with fists
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
Bach (German composer, 1685-1750)
to raise one's voice; to shout
rising; ascending; climbing
who cares?; see if I care; who knows?; how should I know?
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly