police; police officer; police station
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
public institution; public organization; official body
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
due form; official; formality
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
be (that) as it may; having said that
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
sending home; repatriation; deportation
still (continuing); as ever; further
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to be a matter of life or death
to look after (often medically); to take care of
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to take back; to recapture
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
rather; sooner; preferably