scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
secret; private; surreptitious
invisibly; secretly; privately
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
how many people; a number of people
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
act of mercy; helping another person
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
complete stranger; total stranger
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
advance payment; money paid in advance
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to be able to manage somehow or another
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
guidelines for action; personal principles
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
negative emotions; negative feelings
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to add (to); to add on; to append
one's habitual behaviour (behavior)