police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
redial; redialing; redialling
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
forcibly; by force; against one's will
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
government; administration; ministry
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation