older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
imprisonment; incarceration
during imprisonment; while in jail
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
victim; injured party; sufferer
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
operation; functioning; running
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to be conspicuous; to stand out
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
as if nothing had happened
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
to bury; to embed; to implant
repulsion; repulsive force
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition