base unit; main telephone (esp. when there are extensions)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
total energy; all efforts
detective work; detective industry
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
financial world; business circles
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
to commit a crime; to do evil
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
strategy meeting; council of war
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
terrain; geographical features; topography
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)