birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to cut corners; to be shoddy
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
determination; conviction
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
distant look; faraway look
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to launch a surprise attack
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
Everyone is safe (all right)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
so; like this; in this way
carving; engraving; sculpture
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up