(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
offender; criminal; culprit
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
(police) detective; criminal matter
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
even so; anyhow; at any rate
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to look around; to survey
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
police drama (television); detective drama
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to begin to walk; to set out
seat at a table; place at a table
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that