habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
discovery; detection; finding
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
simply; merely; only; solely
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to speak; to say; to vocalize
this and that; one thing or another
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to succeed; to bear fruit
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to care for someone; to look after someone
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study