for dear life; barely escaping alive
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
(political) administration; political power
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
poisoning; kill by poison
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
height of summer; hottest part of summer
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
fully armed; armed to the teeth
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to become possible; to become able to (do)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
course; route; path; process; means
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
to boil (cook); voile (type of fabric)
to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source