to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
frunk; front trunk (e.g. of a car)
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
to employ; to hire; to charter
very much; very many; more and more
interference; meddling; butting in
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
profitable plan; good plan
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
international; diplomatic intercourse
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
recompense; indemnity; atonement
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
authenticity; credibility
to accept; to receive; to agree
difficult to ...; hard to ...
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to