to slip through; to slip past; to evade
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
right to arrest; power of arrest
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
flight; desertion; escape
in history; ever; historical
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to fight against; to oppose; to face
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
chance (of success); odds
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene