union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
anonymity; using an assumed name
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
the spitting image of; identical
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
man who is popular with women
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)