to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
ability; performance; efficiency
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
counter for books; volume
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
patrol car; police car; squad car; cruiser
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
(one's) current position; current location; present position
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
belief; faith; conviction
all but dead; half killed
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
24 hours; twenty-four hours
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
desperation; despair; self-abandonment