leader; central personage
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
stairs; stairway; staircase
to thrust down; to push off
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
using together (jointly); used at the same time
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
because of; owing to; due to
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
interior; inside; internal
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to break down; to collapse; to fall apart
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
not caring; not giving a damn
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
looking on; remaining a spectator
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
like; similar to; as with; in the same way