standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to become settled; to be fixed
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
heading; headline; index; headword
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
mysterious thief; phantom thief
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
unpublished; not made public; unlisted (e.g. stock); unreleased; undisclosed
collected item; artifact (in museum, etc.)
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); film classic
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque