to continue to increase; to continue to mount
middle of the night; dead of night
back street; back alley; off-street
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
temporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction; assumption; supposition
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
experiment; experimentation
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
specialization; specialisation
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
covert action; covert operations
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
connection; linking; linkage; link; liaison; contact
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever