preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
all you have to do is; just; that's all
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
go that far; to that extent
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
height (of body); stature
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
serious; not joking; straight
successively; one after another
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch