to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
that day; the very same day
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
resonance; sympathetic vibration
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
gem; jewel; precious stone
treasure chest; strongbox
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
feeling; sense; impression
research institute; (research) laboratory
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
VIP; very important person
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
secrecy; highly classified information
several types; several kinds; several species
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
ability; performance; efficiency
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
turning away from; shift away from; being far removed from; being very different from; becoming independent of
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet