wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
accomplice; co-conspirator
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
crash; smash; crunch; bang
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
and then; and so; and; so then
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle