modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
whichever one chooses; either way
defense; defence; protection
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
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
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
mistaken arrest; arrest based on misidentification
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
number of persons; personnel
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
one-by-one; separately; in detail
defendant's seat; the dock
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone