inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to be contrary to one's expectations
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
just because; even if; even though
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
return of something; repayment
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to spit out; to eject; to dump
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
from the beginning; from scratch
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
admiration; being impressed (by)
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
to smile (at); to grin (at)
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
regular time; stated period