to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
head; chief; boss; leader
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to sell off; to sell completely
to receive divine punishment
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
fund-raising; fund collecting
bank robbery; bank robber
one by one; one after another; successively
(not) a single person; (no) one
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
the ocean; the great deep
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
talk; story; conversation
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
selling like mad; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
observer; watchman; lifeguard
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
schedule; program; programme; agenda
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption