preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
young girl; lass; adolescent female
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to be conspicuous; to stand out
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
stairs; stairway; staircase
if it is the case that ...
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to happen to meet; to come across
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(passenger) car; automobile