individual; private person; personal; private
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to set a watch; to post guards
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
considerably; fairly; quite
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
last night; yesterday evening
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
military personnel; soldier
police; police officer; police station
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room