death penalty; capital punishment
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
outsider; layman; amateur
penetration; permeation; transmission
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
recovery; undoing; recall
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
essence; true nature; substance; reality
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
at the last moment; this late in the game
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
however; having said that; but
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale