drama; play; powerful drug
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to be infected; to be contagious
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
price; cost; value; worth; value
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
leather; leather-bound; leathern
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
not covered (by); not subject (to)
infectious disease; infection
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
infection; contagion; becoming infected
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
to sell off; to sell completely
antique; old article; secondhand goods
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows