search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
leading members of a party; party executive; party leadership; senior party members
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
(political) administration; political power
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
material witness; suspect
prison officer; corrections officer; penal officer; prison guard; jailor; warder
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
arrest; apprehension; capture
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
maximum allowable single-day loss (stock exchange, etc.)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
letter; missive; note; mail
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
unable to stay healthy; ruining one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
nonprosecution; nonindictment
release; liberation; acquittal
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
tenth day of the month; ten days
mass communication; mass media
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile