severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
(turned out) all right in the end
as before; as ever; as it was originally
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
bringing; taking; carrying
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
very likely; very probable
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
interior; inside; internal
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
physical evidence; material evidence
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
in unison; as one; united
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
the staff; inside the department
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to be forward; to be impertinent
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to prevent; to take precautions
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn