snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
contradiction; inconsistency
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
forgetting; lapse of memory
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
there being no use in arguing (about it)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
one's physical safety; personal security
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
plural; multiple; several
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
some people; a few people; several people
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
I've got to be going; I must go