preservation; retainment; keeping
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
abusive language; violent language; wild words
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to be reminded of; to call to mind
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to sniff out; to get wind of
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
art of self-defense (defence)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
walking briskly; determinedly
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
while moving; on the move
sting operation; undercover investigation
to name; to call; to christen; to term
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
interception; monitoring; tapping
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
early (prompt) settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over