finding (lost property); picking up
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
these guys; these fellows
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
smoothly; easily; readily
job application form; employee satisfaction
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
slow-witted; dull; slow on the uptake
key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
starboard (right side of vessel)
(on the) aisle; aisle seat
to have an idea; to have a clue
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
concussion (of the brain)
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
great difference; big difference; wide margin
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse