escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
advance payment; money paid in advance
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
the real criminal; true culprit
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to whine; to make feeble complaints
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.); holding; up!; carry me
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day