service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
genuine article; real thing; real deal
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
of course; certainly; naturally
strict order; peremptory command
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
fragment; one of the group or party
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
nightlife districts; drinking districts
to wander; to roam from place to place
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
source of information; intelligence source; message source
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
24 hours; twenty-four hours
business; trade; operations; sales
family restaurant (varied menu options, inexpensive); casual dining restaurant