escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
practice; practising; experience
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
skill; dexterity; master hand
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
survival; survivor; relic
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
powerful person; influential person
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
administration (of medicine)
recommendation of an influential person
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
society; the world; the times
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
badness; evilness; bad; evil
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
reason; cause; history; origin