police; police officer; police station
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
every evening; night after night
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
go that far; to that extent
a place or opportunity to make a display of
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
district; section; sector
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
free (of charge); gratuitous
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
world; society; people; the public
superstition; superstitious belief