(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
way; method; means; (technical) specification
enumeration; citation; listing
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
self-defense; self-defence
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
outside one's jurisdiction
lasting quality; good wearing ability; going a long way
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to run about; to rush about
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
there is nothing; having nothing
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
networking; making contacts
the same generation; coeval
living in a group; communal living; community life
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that