to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
plan; protocol; manifest; program
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
beyond that point; after that
meaning; significance; sense
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself