whenever you want; any time you like
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
maid; helper; help; assistance
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
18th day of the month; 18 days
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to succeed in doing; to see through; to manage to do; to finish doing
my spouse; my wife; my husband
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
cease-fire; truce; armistice
traitor (to one's country)
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
there is nothing; having nothing
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
public execution; public embarrassment