Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to head home; to leave for home
to rule; to govern; to administer
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge
period of time; time slot; time zone
premises search; household search
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
determination; resolution
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to quicken one's pace (steps)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
one's post; place of work; workplace
to grumble; to make difficulties
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to hate; to dislike; to loathe