flight; desertion; escape
course; route; path; process; means
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
genius; prodigy; natural gift
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
personal affair; one's own affair
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
being too late; losing one's final chance
dissection; autopsy; analysis
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
sanity; consciousness; soberness
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
confusion; distraction; derangement
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
ingredient; component; composition
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
side effect; adverse reaction