neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
side gate; side door; service entrance
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to be main; to be principal; to be important
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
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
probability; likelihood; chances
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
to project; to stick out; to stand out
treatment (of a person); dealing with
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
information leak; intelligence leak
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
just; right; pure; genuine; truth