den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
a few years ago; some years back
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to serve; to work for; to attend
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
means; way; method; measure
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...