patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
personal; inter-personal; anti-personnel (e.g. weapon, mine); anti-human; personal liability (e.g. insurance)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
shades of evening; dead of night
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
as expected; as predicted
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
walking off with someone's bag; luggage theft; luggage thief
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to go past; to pass; to pass by
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
no!; no no!; no, not at all
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
just one person; only one
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)