taste for the simple and quiet; rustic simplicity; austere refinement; enjoyment of a quiet life
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
declaration; proclamation; announcement
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
not necessarily so; is not always true
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to employ; to hire; to charter
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
great laughter; burst of laughter
to become vulgar; to coarsen
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
assistance; backing; support; aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
junior high school student; middle school pupil
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery