to put on airs; to assume importance
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
vocal sound; tone of voice
to stiffen; to become stiff
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
supervised; under surveillance
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
classified information; top secret
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
how long; how much; to what extent
world; society; people; the public
to perceive; to understand
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...