to learn something through hearing
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
beginning; outset; first; onset
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to be perturbed; to be agitated
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
isolation; being alone; being friendless
gesture; gesticulation; motion
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
first meeting; first interview with
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent