malicious; deliberately mean
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
story; tale; talk; discussion
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
writing implement; writing tool
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
and; thereupon; because of that
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to threaten; to intimidate
cooperation; collaboration
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
right to know; right to access information
knowing; (an) acquaintance
founder of a religious sect
government office; agency; board
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
orders; instructions; directive; command
going around; patrol; round; tour
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
offender; transgressor; violator
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
discovery; detection; finding
being very busy; busyness
acquaintance; appreciative friend