following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
interception; monitoring; tapping
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
This isn't over; I will get my revenge
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
street fighting; urban warfare
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
noisy; confused; uproarious
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
innocence; being not guilty
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can