inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
personal; individual; private
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
in one's own way or style
war; fighting; fierce competition
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
risky; dangerous; insecure
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
stairs; stairway; staircase
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
older sister and younger brother
though; even if; whether ... or ...
verbal message; word (from someone)
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
attendance; presence; appearance
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction