secretary (government); director; chief
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
with all one's strength; with all one's might
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
foolish talk; nonsense; gibberish
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
disinformation; false information
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
one way or the other; either way
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
penalty; sentence; punishment
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
fungal filament; hypha; hyphae
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms