grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
regulation cap; school cap
custody; detention; confinement
to indicate; to show; to point to
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to draw back; to leave (the area)
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
administrative ability; managerial ability; ability to manage; administrative capacity
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
unexploded ordnance; unexploded shell; unexploded bomb; UXO
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
elevation; height above sea level
3000; three thousand; many
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to run about trying to escape
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out