to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
sickroom; hospital room; ward
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
excellent; superb; first-rate
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
with a start; with a jump
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
(phonograph) record; record (esp. in sports); record (data structure)
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to get goosebumps; to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
enumeration; citation; listing
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to give directions; to issue instructions
(large) house; residence; mansion
untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
dissolution of the lower house of parliament
low-level; trivial; coarse; low-dimension
URL; uniform resource locator