to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
advance; moving forward; progress
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
perfect; complete; flawless
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
secret information; intelligence
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
mountain road; mountain trail
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives