smuggling (people); stowing away
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
(both) openly and covertly; publicly and privately; implicitly and explicitly
large amount of money; great cost
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
close; intimate; on good terms
eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
by sheer strength; by brute force
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
what kind of business; what sort of matter
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to surround; to crowd around
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
capital (of a column); stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower