errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
mountain hunt; combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
in person; personally; directly
mischief; (child's) prank; (extramarital) affair
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
billeting area; cantonment; encampment; étape
staying behind; remaining; residual
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
three days and three nights
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
aboard a vehicle; in a car; on a train
rather; sooner; preferably
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
seeing in the dark; night vision
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
big snake; (large) serpent