breaking a lock; picking a lock
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
precondition; prerequisite
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
training period; residency (esp. medical); internship
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
illegal; illicit; unlawful
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
exemption; exoneration; discharge
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury
operating expenses; budget
vice; immorality; corruption
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official