domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
absence; disregard; indifference
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
mid-air breakage or disintegration
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Los Angeles police department; LAPD
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
until now; so far; up to the present
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to fight against; to oppose; to face
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
how; in what way; by what means
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
in good health; alive and well; going strong
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
city police; municipal police
(police) detective; criminal matter
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
discovery; detection; finding
now; the present time; just now; another; more
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to escape death; to be saved from death