deli; delicatessen; delivery
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
card reader (device); card reader (diviner); cartomancer; reader
thawing; defrosting; decompression (of data); extraction; unpacking
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate
dead (money, stock, etc.); dead (ball); dead (sound, room); with little reverberation
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
uniforms provided for workers (by the employer); something forced upon one; something imposed on one
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
emotional strength; force of will
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
investigator; interrogator
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
endorsement (of a cheque, bill, etc.); verification of authenticity (written on the back of a scroll); certificate of authenticity; note written on the back of a scroll; comment; proof
order of applications; in order of application
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
fully armed; armed to the teeth
among these; between these; of these
customs (duties); duty; tariff
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
double; twice (as much); twofold
counterintelligence; counterespionage
inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
that is to say; so that means
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
environmental destruction
corporate activities; business operations
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
covert action; covert operations
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering