to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
powerful medicine; strong poison
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
finding employment; getting a job
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
stowing away; smuggling oneself; clandestine travel abroad
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
art of self-defense (defence)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
sense of values; values; value system
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
senior high school; high school
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
price; cost; value; worth; value
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics